Day 2 in Montana

Here is where we camped. By ourselves except for a rabbit that camped under our car.

We woke up to very gusty winds.

How gusty you ask? 2 miles down the road our awning was blown loose from its moorings and cloth, arms, and sundry items were blowing in the wind; literally. After a panic stop and lots of grabbing and re-furling we managed to salvage some semblance of what it once looked like. Using Velcro, cord and ingenuity we managed to re-attach the awning so we could continue. The winds were gusting to nearly 100 KM/ HR and kept trying to get under the awning and redesign its parts so we drove at 35 MPH for over 2 hours until the wind died down to only 60 or 70 KM/HR.

Once we could actually take our eyes off the awning for a moment we realized what beautiful country we were travelling through. The flat prairie suddenly changed to rocky hills with grasses and trees stunted by the poor soil and the strong winds. The farther we went, the bigger the hills and steeper the grade; so much for my gas mileage.

Finally, after 8 hours of white knuckle driving in head winds, cross winds and yank the door from your hand winds, we arrived at our days rest. the sunset alone almost made up for the days problems. Who am I kidding; I'd trade this sunset anyday for the half hour of hell it took to salvage the awning. But, tomorrow's another day.