Saturday, August 5, 2017
In Vermont you feel like it takes
forever to get from one place to another because it’s so rural. Well Vermont is nothing compared to driving
out west. We’re headed to the home of our friends Joyce and Duain in Victor,
Montana. We’ll leave Elwood (camper)
there and proceed to a couple house/pet sits in Canada.
Today is another long drive day. We leave South Dakota and go through part of
Wyoming before Montana welcomes us. As
we drive through Wyoming there is a marked difference in the landscape. My travel journal states: Wyoming brings with
it mountains, changed from rolling hills – then becomes a sea, tan with clumps
of some sort of green shrub, for as far as the eye can see – relatively flat
and rolling.
There are multiple wildfires burning
in this whole area of the country, affecting air quality. Duain texts us reports for Bozeman, MT as it
is there that we will be spending the night (Walmart parking lot).
Leave Hot Springs,
SD-7:45am - 68°, cloudy, rain forecasted
Rte. 18W►89N►16W
Gas – Custer Exxon-
$2.79/gal (we’re trying 91 octane to see if it performs better)
9:16am - Welcome to WY
Gas – Buffalo Exxon
$2.79/gal (again 91 octane)
1:16pm – Welcome to MT
Gas – Columbus $2.38/gal (back to 87 octane,
clearly not enough difference to warrant extra expense)
Arrive – Bozeman, MT Walmart
- 5:35pm
Miles traveled – 524.6
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