Oh no, it was time to head for home!\u00a0 Say it isn\u2019t so?\u00a0 But yes, it is the day I\u2019ve dreaded.\u00a0 Time to head home.\u00a0 Today is a driving day as we head out of Canada and make our way toward Holiday Hills.\u00a0 It was also going to a long day since had to make it to Sheridan, WY by tonight.<\/p>\n
This morning, the siren went off again.\u00a0 The siren is a 2 year old who doesn\u2019t want to do anything that is expected of him.\u00a0 Last night, his family returned to their room around 10:00 PM.\u00a0 He screamed and cried for almost 2 hours that he didn\u2019t want to go to bed.\u00a0 I went to bed, but had a tough time getting to sleep with his screams across the hall.\u00a0 Why you would keep a 2 year old up that long is beyond me.\u00a0 Of course, why didn\u2019t he just fall over tired?\u00a0 They had arrived late on Tuesday and he cried that night also.\u00a0 He cried Wednesday morning and then again Wednesday night.\u00a0 Now on Thursday morning, he was crying that he didn\u2019t want to leave!\u00a0 Not fun for those in rooms around them.\u00a0 We saw them in the parking lot as we were leaving.\u00a0 He was pretty small for those big lungs.<\/p>\n
It was kind of cool that it didn\u2019t get dark up here until almost 11:00.\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t thought about it staying light that long.\u00a0 Then again, it was not cool that it didn\u2019t get dark until almost 11:00.\u00a0 There was no shade on the bathroom skylight and the room was rather bright for a long, long time when we went to bed.\u00a0 I kept thinking someone left the light on in the bathroom.<\/p>\n
We got moving a little later than expected.\u00a0 We walked down to Trapper\u2019s Grill where we had dinner the first day in town.\u00a0 They appeared to have the best breakfast around.\u00a0 It was delicious.\u00a0 I had a waffle with Saskatoon berries.\u00a0 They were basically huckleberries.\u00a0 The coffee was delicious.\u00a0 Rich got an omelet with bison chili over it.\u00a0 This should stick to some ribs for a while.<\/p>\n
We packed the car and took for the border.\u00a0 It was a 30 minute drive to get back to Chief Mountain border crossing.\u00a0 Along the way, we noticed a sign telling us to slow down due to foxes on the road.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t see any foxes on the road.\u00a0 I wonder if they warn you about every type of animal that comes in heat and uses the road a path to go courting.<\/p>\n
As we drove around the bottom of the lake, we noticed that it was still hazy around the mountains.\u00a0 It finally struck us that the wildfires in Canada and Washington state were drifting this way.\u00a0 That\u2019s why the scenery appeared to be wrapped in a hazy film.\u00a0 It was worse today than yesterday.\u00a0 Too bad for anyone just coming in.<\/p>\n
We arrived to find quite a line with a tour bus.\u00a0 Turned out the car line had been closed and it reopened while we were waiting.\u00a0 Rich was telling me that the border guards were tougher than back in the day when we went to Nova Scotia.\u00a0 Now I was wondered about what he was going to ask me.\u00a0 The van in front of us was from Michigan and the guard was holding a handful of passports.\u00a0 He kept talking to them and asking questions.\u00a0 Finally, he pointed to have them pull over by the building.\u00a0 Oh my gosh, they weren\u2019t going to let me back in!<\/p>\n
It was our turn.\u00a0 He asked pretty standard stuff and I knew the answers to the questions.\u00a0 Pretty quickly, we made it through the customs check and were on our way.\u00a0 No need to worry.\u00a0 As we pulled away from the border, the people from the Michigan van were sitting out front of the building.\u00a0 They appeared to be Japanese.\u00a0 Rich figured they had other passports rather than American.<\/p>\n
We were back in the U.S.\u00a0 We headed to St. Mary\u2019s and stopped for coffee and bathroom break.\u00a0 As we drove through Many Glacier and St. Mary\u2019s, the hazy was covering up all of the mountain views.\u00a0 It was a good thing we already had our pictures from these parts.\u00a0 The hazy just wasn\u2019t too pretty.<\/p>\n
Then it was back on the road into Montana.\u00a0 We were making fairly good time.\u00a0 In Great Falls, we got gas and Rich took over the driving.\u00a0 We turned off of 89 on 12 as part of our zigzag across the state.\u00a0 We were met with road destruction.\u00a0 This wasn\u2019t here a week and a half ago.\u00a0 The road was all torn up for several miles and a pilot truck led you through the destruction.\u00a0 How had they done this?<\/p>\n
Also, Rich wants me to tell everyone that he drove over 300 miles and passed 6 cars.\u00a0 Two of his passes were for twofers.\u00a0 We probably saw a total of 8 cars until we go to the destruction and saw 6 cars in the line.\u00a0 It is pretty desolate out there on the byways of Montana.<\/p>\n
We got to Billings and decided to have dinner.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been lucky enough to find brewpubs in Billings.\u00a0 This time, there were more choices.\u00a0 I picked Uberbrew because the beers sounded good and the food was what I expected from a pub.\u00a0 We found the pub right downtown.\u00a0 Walking inside, it was very light and bright with lots of wood and stainless steel.\u00a0 We got a table across from the bar.\u00a0 Cathy, our waitress, gave us the low down on the specials of the day.\u00a0 Rich ordered a beer and we ordered up food.\u00a0 Rich was giving Cathy a hard time about okra in the gumbo.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t really care and said it was great anyway.\u00a0 I got a sandwich and beer cheese soup.\u00a0 It was wonderful and warm.<\/p>\n
After Rich enjoyed a second beer, we got our bill and a t-shirt and got back on the road.\u00a0 I had a little trouble getting out of the town.\u00a0 My navigator was busy with his phone instead of helping.\u00a0 We managed to get turned around and out to the highway again.<\/p>\n
It was another 2 hours to Sheridan, WY for our stop.\u00a0 I was getting really tired of Montana by this time.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t this state ever end?\u00a0 It was 544 some odd miles before we hit the Wyoming border.\u00a0 About time?\u00a0 Was I just a little crabby after being in the car for so long?\u00a0 Probably.\u00a0 I had managed to finish my book and made some notes for this blog.\u00a0 Still, I was ready to relax and sleep without a screaming kid across the hall.<\/p>\n
Ah, I put my feet for a while.\u00a0 We went down to the bar to get a drink.\u00a0 Why not, I had gotten a free coupon for the bar when I checked in.\u00a0 Rich had another beer and a taste of bourbon.\u00a0 Then it was back to the room to write up the blog for the day.\u00a0 No pictures.\u00a0 I did take one of the road destruction, but it is too much trouble to load it up.\u00a0 Maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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