Movin' West - Day 20

Sunday, September 21, 2008 - a rainy day in Montana.

No pictures to post today. This was a travel day for us. We left West Glacier, MT, at 9:15 this morning in a rain storm. It started raining last night about 10PM, and continued to rain all through the night. This was one of only two rainy days we have encountered during our trip, the first being in Illinois during the first week. I think it may have rained during the night while we were in the Black Hills of SDak., but not during the day.

As we drove west along Rt. 2, there were many beautiful areas where we could have taken pictures, but with the rain and the low clouds over the mountains, the pictures would not have done the scenery justice. Too bad! Such a waste of photo opportunities. We crossed into Idaho at 1:30PM mountain time, and as we entered the state, we also crossed into the Pacific Time Zone, where the actual time was 12:30PM. The dogs have had to adjust to 3 different time zones on this trip, and their internal meal clocks are all messed up. Poor guys! It worked out well for us, though. We arrived here in Coeur d'Alene, ID at 3:15PM local time and checked into the campground (Tamarac Campground). After getting settled in, we went out to do a bit of grocery shopping (again!), and, since it was 5 o'clock for us, we decided to go out to eat at Olive Garden (which is always crowded, wherever and whenever we go). The Olive Garden here in Coeur d'Alene is only about 2 miles from the campground, and practically across the street from the grocery store (Albertson's). The parking lot looked quite full, but we stopped in, anyway. To our surprise, we got right in. By the time we were ready to leave (about 5:15PM), they were waiting by the dozen to get in. We had to push our way through the crowd to get out to the parking lot. The food was very good, though, and worth the stop.

I just saw the weather report for this area and, it ain't good! Rain showers possible through Tuesday, then, maybe, he sun will return. Yecchhhh!

Tomorrow, we will probably be back on the road early. Our next destination is Leavenworth, WA, where there are lots of apple orchards. We might spend a couple of days there, if it is as nice as we have heard.

Stay tuned.