I'm a little behind on my blog because I had a few problems with my computer, but all is well now. One day, my wireless decided to die. The next day my keyboard on my laptop started failing. Both within 2 days of each other and we weren't around any big town to fix them. I really didn't want to but a new computer on the road. Yesterday we arrived at Detroit Lakes, MN. It is big enough to have a Verizon store and Wall mart. Bought a new wireless jet pack and a new keyboard for the laptop. All is good until we get back. Will probably have to buy a new computer. Darn!
There are a few things I wanted to mention about Montana that I hadn't included earlier. In Butte there is a huge statue of the Virgin Mary. It is 90' tall and 48' wide. It weighs 51 tons and is made of concrete. The project was started in 1979 and finished in 1985. It is an amazing site to behold. We didn't go up to the statue, but took the first picture from our campsite. It is so far away that I had to use my zoom to even see this much of it. I have a very nice camera, but I was surprised how much I could zoom into the picture that I took and get this much detail.
TESTICAL FESTIVAL
I bet I got your attention with that headline. Traveling between Glacier National Park and Billings, we saw this billboard several times. The festival lists several dates. They are past, but I think this is one that we would missed anyway. Can only be for Rocky Mountain Oysters, a delicacy that I have never tired and never will.
I saw something that I had never heard of before. Denny had because he was a farm boy in Nebraska when he was young. At the gas stations, there was colored diesel and clear/uncolored diesel. it is for farm machinery only. If you get caught with it in your cars, you are fined $8000. That is because it means you didn't pay the road tax. It is about 20 cents cheaper.
Montana is alot prettier than we both thought. We believed eastern Montana is flat, but it is actually lots of rolling, green hills. Locals said that this is the greenest Montana and North Dakota have ever been because of so much rain.
I saw something that I had never heard of before. Denny had because he was a farm boy in Nebraska when he was young. At the gas stations, there was colored diesel and clear/uncolored diesel. it is for farm machinery only. If you get caught with it in your cars, you are fined $8000. That is because it means you didn't pay the road tax. It is about 20 cents cheaper.
Montana is alot prettier than we both thought. We believed eastern Montana is flat, but it is actually lots of rolling, green hills. Locals said that this is the greenest Montana and North Dakota have ever been because of so much rain.
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