Thursday
November 29th
Got a
slow start this morning (must have been on Cathey’s schedule). Once we got gassed up and on the road, I got
out my computer and was going to do some writing but the computer wouldn’t
boot-up. I tried a couple more times and
then texted the Michigan City helpdesk (son Jim). He asked for symptoms and what I was seeing
on the screen. He gave me a couple of
secret key combinations to force the boot-up process but to no avail. His last bit of advice was to get to an Apple
Store and let the genius folks there do their magic. Due to that I missed a lot of the scenery
between Billings and Livingston. Cathey
stopped in Livingston and got a snack at a very busy Dairy Queen.
From
there I drove to Three Forks where we usually stop at the Montana Wheat store
for a sandwich and baked goods. Then on
to Missoula where we arrived about dark; we stopped for gas and then had to
make a decision whether to stop there for the night or try to get over Lookout
pass before we stopped. (Lookout Pass is
about two hours beyond Missoula and the next town with more than one motel is
Coeur d’Alene, ID, which is about another hour.) We called the Montana DOT road report number
for pass information and found out that the road was considered wet with
temperatures expected to be between 34 and 38 until 11pm. So we decided to continue on our way rather
than take the chance that tomorrow it might be snowing there and road
conditions might be worse.
As it
turned out the pass was a non-event; the road was wet but traffic was light and
everybody seemed to be driving cautiously.
We gained an hour on the clock crossing the Idaho line, so I think we
checked in the motel in Coeur d’Alene about 7:30, much relieved.
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