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09/01/2009: "Day 3 - Wyoming, Montana Part I"
And another joyous day of driving is complete. Finished the last little chunk of SD, then headed into Wyoming. Didn't have to drive through there for too far. Though the scenery was quite pretty, and I was glad to start seeing real trees again. And I saw more of the pink asphalt, that I finally managed to get a picture where you can kinda tell that it is pink.
And I did not alter the image, I swear.
Also in Wyoming, after cresting a hill, I got my first peek at some mountains.
Really far away still, but I could just barely see them.
Then, as I was getting closer to Montana, the skies started getting darker...
... and I had the first little bit of rain the entire trip. It wasn't too hard, and cleaned some of the smaller bugs off my windshield. But it soon cleared back up and the sunny skies resumed. And so did the bugs.
Random giant "C" sitting in a hillside in Montana... I think the town it was near started with a C, can't remember the name though... still fairly random looking though. I mean, not every town puts a giant initial in view of the Interstate...
And, further along, ran across the Yellowstone river... several times, but this was the only time I managed to take a picture. All the other times I was working on driving around a corner, or not running into another vehicle, or some other such thing that was more important than using a camera.
Like yesterday, I've got a bunch of other pics that are neat, but I need to sort through, chop up, etc. There were also a lot of times that I wish I could have gotten a picture, but I was busy with not running into the back of a semi that was going much slower than me while rounding a curve @ 70mph while going down a rather steep decline where I could barely see the road ahead of me. How dare they put those types of roads where all the really good views are! :p
Actually went through a couple of spots where you could see fallen rocks right next to the road... I would have moved a little farther from the rock wall, but I was doing the avoid hitting other vehicles thing again, and people kept passing me. Also some spots where there were areas to pull off and chain/de-chain. I'm definitely glad I'm not trying to drive some of these roads in the winter, especially as windy as they are - not fun getting blown around when the roads are good, much less when they're not good. But, if it were later in the year, I would have probably chosen to ship my truck and fly myself.
So, I'm now deep in Montana, though I've still got a whole lot of state to go. Joy.
Edit:
Today's miles: 494 in 7.5 moving hours. And a range of at least 2000 feet in altitude. My ears are not happy with me.
-Amanda