Allright, let's get caught up again, at least partially. On Monday I just rode hard and got up to Dubois, WY and checked into a motel just before the rains came hard. That was one windy ride! I got about 25 mpg that day due to the headwinds, sidewinds, but no tailwinds! I left early Tuesday morning because I heard reports of lots of road work. Well, that was the understatement of the day. The first 85 miles took me over three hours, but I did meet some nice workers! While stopped at one spot I also saw this pretty little dear who posed so nice for me! I was trying to get to Bozeman in time to get my new tires put on so I was pushing and not stopping too often for scenic pics, but some just couldn't be missed. Notice that the osprey flying low over the water has dinner clutched in his claws. I saw him dive and got this shot just as he took off. I'm not sure what the other white bird is, but it sure was pretty!
Of course as I was going through Yellowstone I had to stop to see if Old Faithful was going off any time soon and it did, just 20 minutes after I arrived. It is not as spectacular as it used to be, but still fun!
Finally you see a picture of the Bozeman City Church which I pastored from '85-'87 and our good friends Jim and Sylvia Grindley. I stayed with them and had a great evening visit with the current Bozeman pastor, Jim Jenkins and his head elder, Linda Nysstrom and her husband Clair, Doug Meharry, head elder at the Mount Ellis Academy Church and Tom Glatz who pastored in Kalispell recently and is moving to Vancouver, B.C. to pastor. One thing in particular I thought was cool was related to the Bozeman City Church. They are located next to the high school and have had ongoing problems with grafitti and other worse things on their property. They started feeding the kids who cross through the church parking lot lunch one day a week and the problems have stopped. They hand out literature about drugs and alcohol and have had some very positive results.
I did get the tires done and an oil change so I should be good to go now. The weather today, Wednesday, was great on my way to and through Coeur d' Alene, ID and after I meet with the church here this evening I will head toward Yakima, WA. I'll report on today's visits later or tomorrow.
The weather ahead looks great all the way home at this point and I'm ready to head that way. At this point I now have covered 9,565 miles and have a few more to go before I'm home, but we're getting closer. At least I'm back on Pacific time!
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