Hooray! We’ve arrived in East Glacier, Montana. The six hour drive took us through hundreds of miles of pancake-flat farmland, gently rolling hills, bendy rivers, golden yellow prairies, and even a meadow filled with hundreds of buffalo! We weathered an incredible windstorm that popped out of nowhere and dropped the temperature over 10 degrees in less than 5 minutes. We spotted dozens of multi-colored horses galloping freely across the plain. Later, a heavy rainstorm in the distance provided a dusky backdrop for a rainbow.

Before we left Billings, we headed to the local Cabela’s to make a very important purchase. Can you guess what it was? I’ll give you a hint. Goldilocks should have carried some. Yup, I am now the proud owner of not one, but TWO cans of Counter Assault Bear Spray! Packed into each can is 9.2 seconds worth of capsaicin that shoots up to 30 feet! As I said in today’s tweet, hopefully I wasted $69.99!

I drove today, so didn’t take many photos, but one of the highlights of the trip was visiting a large wind farm in Judith Gap. The farm has 90 turbines that take advantage of the nearly constant breezes that blow through the area. Each turbine is 262 feet high and equipped with three 125-foot blades. I’ve heard that some people in residential areas claim that wind turbines are loud. We were standing fairly close to one and all you could hear was a light wooshing as it turned.

Then we headed to the Lewis and Clark Interpretation Center, since it was on our route. It would have been more interesting to us if it was free, but we thought the entrance fee ($8 each) was not worth the experience. I did, however, manage to take a photo of the wall next to one of the exhibits. Behold:

I’d be making that face, too, if I was on display next to such a grievous grammar mistake (and one of my biggest type-o pet peeves!). Do you see it?

We finally arrived at our motel in East Glacier around dinner time. This town is…interesting. Let’s leave it at that. We have a nifty peephole on our door, though. Seems like the locals really love their bears.

Well, we have a long day tomorrow. We’ll be taking the Going to the Sun Road that winds through the park and it considered a “must do.” Should be a beautiful day…and may be the only one while we are here. The current forecast is rain from Monday through Friday. Hoping they are wrong!

Good night and thanks for reading!