westward bound
breakfast at the Lariat Restaurant in gilette, wyoming was $3.88 for two. coffee & a plate of 1 egg, 2 pieces of bacon, toast, & hash browns each. i could hear folks in the restaurant talking about the economy, about going to work to change engines, about gas prices. their accents reminded me of the accents in old westerns.
once we headed back out in the morning, we were immediately greeted by our first view of the Rockies. i couldn't help but scream; what a nice way to start the morning. i can't imagine living with these mountains in view; i am so used to skyscraper skylines.
wyoming & montana were hilly, and farmland was replaced by cattle ranches; wide spaces and tons of cows, bulls, horses grazing. larger bales of hay. as we crept into montana, the landscape became greener; fir trees began to appear.
we made a few stops in montana. in billings we lunched at a cute mexican place. i noticed many native american faces in the mix; this town looked more diverse than most places we'd seen in the last 24 hours. in bozeman, we got coffee at the leaf and bean, which was a cool coffeehouse that held nightly events such as solo musicians and poetry readings. it was there that we overheard a girl saying she was going to drive to missoula for the built to spill show!
we spent the night in missoula, too tired to catch built to spill. now we're having breakfast at food for thought, which is on the U of M campus. it's autumn here.
the coffee here is good. you have to hunt a bit to find good coffee in these parts.
next stop is portland, oregon!
once we headed back out in the morning, we were immediately greeted by our first view of the Rockies. i couldn't help but scream; what a nice way to start the morning. i can't imagine living with these mountains in view; i am so used to skyscraper skylines.
wyoming & montana were hilly, and farmland was replaced by cattle ranches; wide spaces and tons of cows, bulls, horses grazing. larger bales of hay. as we crept into montana, the landscape became greener; fir trees began to appear.
we made a few stops in montana. in billings we lunched at a cute mexican place. i noticed many native american faces in the mix; this town looked more diverse than most places we'd seen in the last 24 hours. in bozeman, we got coffee at the leaf and bean, which was a cool coffeehouse that held nightly events such as solo musicians and poetry readings. it was there that we overheard a girl saying she was going to drive to missoula for the built to spill show!
we spent the night in missoula, too tired to catch built to spill. now we're having breakfast at food for thought, which is on the U of M campus. it's autumn here.
the coffee here is good. you have to hunt a bit to find good coffee in these parts.
next stop is portland, oregon!
posted by verandah place at 1:42 PM
1 Comments:
what a perfect start to a day! I'm remembering when I visited Salt Lake City, and the mountains in the background were certainly a different sight to behold. it's the coolest feeling to look out at mountains.
well I'm doing some major internet catch-up as I've been almost completely away for nearly 2 weeks now, and I just wanted to say that I've enjoyed reading your travel blog very much this evening. what a great record of your journey this is! pics and all. congrats to you guys, in your new time zone :)
-j
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