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09/02/2009: "Day 4 - Montana Pt 2, Idaho, Washington Pt 1"
So, we start off bright and early somewhere in Montana... and find out that not an hour later, even before I have to take my first bathroom break, I'm crossing the continental divide. According to the sign I went under, my elevation at that point was about 6300 ft. A few miles of coasting downhill at 65 mph, occasionally killing overdrive, I landed in Butte, Montana. Where I stopped for gas was about 5100 ft. I'm amazed my ears weren't hurting any more than they were, I had to pop them enough times. I have no problems going up, can't stand going back down.
So, when I stopped for gas, I looked back, and this is what I crossed:
I'm not quite sure where I crossed, but it was somewhere in there.
While at the same gas station, I noticed another letter in a hill:
Again, this was Butte, so I'm not sure what the M is for.
Anywho, not many more pictures taken because of the hilly and windy roads, with traffic and destruction going on. But I did manage to catch this in my side mirror:
That was fairly typical of what I was driving through. Not fun when you don't know the road.
Random thing I noticed throughout the day: I-90 crosses the Clark Fork (river) at least 13 times. Yes, I counted. Yesterday I crossed the Little Big Horn 3 times, that I know of.
When I got to Missoula, I found another letter: 
Gee, I feel like I'm playing Scrabble. If only I had some vowels...
So, I got through Montana in one piece... then Idaho... even though it was just as wind-ey as Montana, luckily that didn't last for too long. Finally flattened out a bit when I hit eastern Washington. Which is where I am now. And, I finally managed to get a room with a view:
Complete with people partying outside my window. *sigh*
So, hopefully, tomorrow or Friday morning I will have some time to give my truck a bath. I've got 3000 miles worth of insects squashed onto my grille. Ew.
-Amanda