For the record I did make it Great Falls, Montana but couldn't easily find a place to pull over. So I continued south a bit further to Cascade, Montana and spent the night at the local pool where the lady at the grocery store said people were allowed to park overnight.
I woke up in the morning to realize that the load on top of my car had shifted at some point yesterday. Oh, this was not good believe me. So I spent the morning holed up in Cascade, Montana to see what remedies I could come up with. I had to take everything off to see if I needed to fix or replace anything on the rack. I first had to find an open area to do all the work and the lady at the local hotel said I could park just outside and re-pack the car. Her name is May and she was most helpful. There's even a little cafe across the street where I can get something to eat for breakfast. This incident is the first glitch of the trip - well there had to be a least one right???
I started at 8:00 central time and finished up at 11:30 and was quite glad that nothing had broken and it simply had to be rearranged somewhat. Well, rearranged a lot actually as I put the weightier items on the passenger side and one heavy bag inside the car to reduce any drag on the top. Seems to have worked quite well, however Mr. Finnigan now has significantly less room to stretch out as I had to lose the laundry basket which had been his bed to date. All the clothes were re-packed into any available space and I asked May if she could use a good laundry basket to which she replied delightedly that she did happen to need one. My timing was perfect apparently lol.
I have included a picture of May and her husband Roy outside the little place they run in Cascade called 'The Badger Motel'. It's a great little spot and anyone headed their way would be pleased they stopped to say hi or even stay awhile. It is such a pleasure to meet great folks no matter where you travel.
Not sure how far I'll get to day with all the delays, but I'm hoping to get to Yellowstone National Park by evening. Should be a long day but so far the scenery has been incredible. I even passed over the Missouri River and through a section of the old Lewis and Clark Trail. This seems so weird to me as I've read about these places and could only image what they might look like. Now I know - well kind of I guess as they have changed a lot since those old days.
Distance so far today: 184 kilometers
Next Stop: Yellowstone
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