Day 4 Missoula, Montana

Dateline: Monday, August 27, 2007 10:38pm MST

We are here in beautiful Missoula, Montana! This is a beautiful state! The drive was the longest we have ever done since our journey began. We logged in over 650 miles today.

Our original plan was to travel from Dickinson, ND to Butte, MT- however, we decided to push it a few hundred miles to Missoula. It was hard. At times we were getting antsy from sitting and driving so much. If it wasn't for cruise control we would still be in Ohio! Much is to be said about the 75 mile an hour speed limit. There is probably a reason for this- there are miles of highway running through nothing but farms. Occasionally, small towns would appear such as Beach North Dakota. We saw hundreds of Angus cattle crazing in the fields throughout Montana. By far, Montana is our favorite state during this cross country adventure.

Rick and I became use to a daily schedule for our journey. Up semi-early and consumed the java and continental breakfast at the hotel and then hit the road. This morning we started our journey and made a stop at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. It was beautiful. More pictures have been added today and are available on the Flickr page here.

Eating on the trip was another story. It almost seems that the healthy food wasn't an option. Or maybe we felt more inclined not to eat healthy or even workout as we did on a daily basis in NY. Last night we did have a chance to use the pool at one of our hotels but only as a means of relaxation. We found ourselves at Red Lobster, Applebees, Burger King and some other places. Yes- salad's do exist at the above mentioned restaurants but who wants to eat a salad when you can have a Bison burger?

We are off in the morning and will hopefully arrive in Tacoma in the afternoon. I will try and wrap our adventure over the next day or so with additional pictures. Until then...