2 RV's to Bozeman MT

... spending the night at Bozeman MT

Alarm for me, BB is already up and ready before the alarm goes off.

Not much for a breakfast at this 'higher end' hotel. Nuke your own burrito or waffles. We took the burritos. The filling was about as big as a pencil and the wrap was five layers deep. Glad I also grabbed yogurt.

The sun isn't quite up when we pull out.

Before we get to our first stop we get past by someone who drives for our same parent company. He isn't going that much faster and I watch as he signals to turn off for the scale.

1st stop is the POE in Sundance WY - Even with BB being her usual slow getting out of her RV, we still beat the driver who pulled in ahead of us. He is heading to Great Falls. There were four people ahead of us when we walked into the scale house. Two of them were also transporters. We know the routine, easy in and out.

We, or I, am not going to have enough fuel to get to Gillette so we stop at the Conoco before getting back on the freeway. I was going to put in two gallons but when BB decided to put in fuel also I upped it to three gallons. She put in $4.99 and I put in $10.01. I had to go in to get receipts and the guy was kind of confused, I guess not too many people but $10 or less in fuel anymore.

2nd stop was the MG Oil Co in Gillette. $.50 or more cheaper than anywhere else except the Maverick next door. This Maverick is a small place and we have tried it before. MG is larger, easy in and out with any size vehicle. Today some of the pumps aren't working and I drove around the pumps a couple of times before one opened up. This place also only has portapotties.

After we leave Gillette, we see the travel trailer driver we had seen at the scale, he is now on the side of the road feeding his dog. We also see a semi tractor that is running without plate and placard, but there are no markings on the truck and it still has the temp mudflaps so it must have been the drive tractor from a stack of trucks.

There are also three tree trucks pulling chippers that pass us. These are likely the drivers we have talked to before. They past us a while before Sheridan, maybe even before Buffalo but when we got to Sheridan they pulled off at the same exit we did.

3rd stop was Sheridan for food. We had planned on stopping at a truckstop for shelve food but I forget that Sheridan is more than that one exit. When I saw the main part of town I pulled off on the exit and on the shoulder and called BB. She would rather have anything other than shelf food. The sign says left so we go left. I then missed the other sign but saw the building when we were waiting at the stop light. So we end up going through Home Depot to get where we were going.

Taco Bell. They must have had huge DoorDash orders because it took a while. That and getting lost. This place had plenty of help so that wasn't the issue. By noon today it was close to 50 degrees so not too bad eating outside.

4th stop was the POE for WY and MT. For some reason the person I got wanted my name and my email. The person BB got did not ask those questions ??

Just before we get to Billings a little Ekko passes us, no transporter plate no visible placards.

5th stop was the Pilot in Billings for the rest room. We decide to go another 40 miles before adding more fuel.

6th stop was the Town Pump in Columbus for fuel.

I just ignore the weather signs along the road that suggest tuning your radio to ... But BB told me later that the station was saying that traffic should exit the freeway and go through town near Livingston. Opps, but we made it.

7th and final stop was the Comfort Inn in Bozeman. Again we take the scenic route, this time through the Walmart parking lot. Food is the Famous Dave's across the street :( I didn't find any main food I wanted so I got a bowl (the size of most cups) of wild rice soup. And a loaded baked potato. The potato was huge, the 'loaded' was on the side. The bacon, cheese and butter were less than what I would use for a potato one fourth that size. BB said if we had eaten there that she would have asked for chicken with meat on the bones. So not real happy. We should have taken the front desk recommendation (I had a French Dip picked out from their menu)

When we got to the hotel two of the tree trucks were sitting in the parking lot, when we went to get our food all three were there. Haven't talked to them yet. Maybe at breakfast if I recognize them.

I was wrong. We ended up driving in the dark today too. So every day this trip will include driving in the dark.

Tomorrow ... go, go, go. We have a plan and the alarm is set.