Today ... real breakfast, made to order at the hotel included in price.
The trees kind of overhang the parking lot at this motel as I had to take the long way out. It was OK getting in because the lot wasn't full of cars yet.
Five miles down the road and we get flagged into the scale, someone is ahead of us so it takes a few minutes. The guy crossing the scale when we walked out got flagged for a full inspection ... to the shed driver.
Then 40 miles down the road we stop again, this time for my 'final ? fuel.' I like to do this fuel when I think this tank will get me to my drop. This place was actually short miles wise but there was nothing where I wanted a station. When I left the station it said I would run out of fuel five miles before my drop, hopefully the fuel range goes up.
Bozeman, MT is the next stop, a rest area. Today there are eight RV's and no trucks in the lot. There have been travel trailers and motor homes all over, more of them that trucks this weekend. Maybe they are all leaving the fire area?
Deer Lodge, and the 4B's. Soup. Tomato soup. I thought I should have something besides so I got pie :)
... I commented on how good the soup is and someone gave me a recipe. (it's a very bad copy, but) well see how close we can get it to taste.
Missoula for a break, the driver we have seen a few times this trip is there ... at least the RV is, we didn't see him.
Did not get flagged into the ID scale, so we stopped at the Saltese rest area. Air's not bad, you could smell the pine over the smoke so the smoke must be blowing out.
Road construction for quite a ways before Post Falls, and then an accident that slowed us down about a half hour to go three miles. Then I get flagged into the WA scale and BB does not ... she wasn't ready for this and didn't have her GPS on and got lost.
When we stop at the motel it is like we ran over a bee's nest, they are attacking our rigs .. enjoying all the deceased bug kill on our grills.
1st stop was the Billings scale
2nd stop Columbus Pilot for gas
3rd stop Bozeman rest area
4th stop Deer Lodge 4B's and fuel for BB
5th stop Missoula Flying J for break
6th stop Saltese restarea
7th stop Spokane Super 8 and Iron Skillet for supper
Long day 12 hours - 540 miles