Sleep Inn Missoula

Leaving Missoula via The KBGA Bus!

I am writing this entry from comfort of my living room in Missoula, Montana.
Kingston (my dog) is staring up at me and laying his muzzle on my knee, looking at me, sniffing, licking, calmly telling me to get off the computer and go play with him in the sunshine ...

... And if it is freezing balls.. plans may change! I hope to visit my friend Nikolas in Sweden, he was the one who stuck by me while I was detained at the Lebanese border.. a very loyal Swede and great person. Wherever I am I really really can't wait. I worked hard all summer and I could definitely use a vacation and a much needed cure for itchy feet.

... away,my eggs are getting cold" look.I'm generally perfect as usual, but evidently, I can be grumpy and sarcastic.I don't see,however, what's wrong with wearing clothes two days in a row if you don't spill anything on them. My only problem is MY ASS HURTS! Honestly, we're having a ball.I'm going to try to send this before Linda sees it.

... definitely worth checking out.

We are now in a fancy dancy KOA campground in Missoula, where we were able to take a shower for the first time since we left. I smelled like roses the whole time, but Jess on the other hand, ( I just got punched), smelled lovely too.

Tomorrow were off to Bozeman, then Yellowstone.

See ya,

Nic and Jess

... heat but instead it is green.

It rained off and on all afternoon plus it wasn't much over 60 so us Floridians were in our sweat shirts and long pants.

Tomorrow will be another short day to our next stop which will be for 4 days.

We have been close to 2800 miles (on the motorhome) and we haven't made it to the west coast.

Instead of driving back through the Tetons and Yellowstone, which would have taken hours, we drove north, strait through Idaho and headed to Missoula, Montana. On the way we stopped at a local brewery and sampled the spirits. Little did we know we would hit two more breweries that
day. But I guess that's how those sort of days start. We stayed with a couch surfer and great guy, Bob. He knew the town well and was ...

... beautiful bucks across the park, though - and the peaceful attitudes of so many of Missoula's residents - is almost assuredly a function of the abundant natural resources around here. We like to think that humans can be kinder and gentler if we just inspire them, or mediate, or something. But the fact is that every animal social group, from birds to chimps to deer to us, is capable of a wide range of behaviors ranging from openly hostile to deeply nurturing. I ...

... for our stuff unless we tied bike boxes to the roof. $125 plus gas. "I think we should do it," Joe said emphatically. "Otherwise, how will we get all this stuff from downtown Missoula to our house?" "Whatever you want to do." I was tired and beyond thinking clearly. It sounded cheaper although it probably wasn't. Maybe, with the two cabs it would probably take to tote our gear half a mile from the bus station. The rental shuttle appeared a few minutes later and Joe ...

Well, we made it back to Missoula. It feels kinda weird to be back and to be staying in one place, but I think we're starting to get used to it. By the time we finished our last entry in Bend and got on the road, it was already about 4:00pm. We decided to just drive as far as we could before it got dark and ended up turning off on a Forest Service road and finding a nice, FREE! campsite. We had downloaded Survivor while we were doing our travelogue ...

... during the winter months. In fact, many businesses, I've noted, in this area of the Country list not only open hours, but open months as well. One DQ (which is always a welcome sight), for example, indicated it was open April through October. In spite of the smallness of Virginia City, we did find a surprisingly excellent breakfast buffet in an establishment so small there were only two small tables indoors ...