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We are now about two-thirds of the way to Winnipeg. Today's travel was exclusively within Montana, but that doesn't mean it was a short trip. Indeed, today's travel was the longest single segment of the Fernley-to-Winnipeg trip in terms of distance.
( Train Tourism in Montana )
After our detour to view the unusual rail-to-road movement, we returned to I-90 and continued to Billings. There we found the Cost Plus World Market, where we bought a dozen bottles of Lisa's favorite drink, Curiosity Cola. We had packed all of the bottles we had on hand before leaving Fernley, but Lisa had already gone though them, so we stocked back up. There, we saw something that made us laugh, but that we couldn't share with anyone else.
( Using the 'Wrong' Toilet )
We continued through Billings and refueled at the Pilot Flying J, then continued east on I-94. We still had about 200 miles to go until our destination tonight.
( Depot in Passing )
My IHG platinum status got us upgraded to a mini-suite, much appreciated after the overpriced, undersized room at Livingston. Once again, we got drinks from a nearby mini-market, ordered pizza (coincidentally, there has been/will be a Pizza Hut in every planned overnight stop on this outbound trip), Lisa got a bath, we had dinner while watching a video on the room TV to which I was able to connect with my HDMI cable, and we relaxed under the air conditioning.
For the next two days, I have to work a half-day on Day Jobbe, and as I move east, the hours when I have to work will shift as I have to match the team. I'll manage. The good part is that I can get up an hour later thanks to being in the Mountain time zone. The bad part is that we will get started later on the next leg of the trip. We have a shorter trip planned tomorrow due to two museum stops we want to make in the Bismark area, about which more tomorrow night.
( Train Tourism in Montana )
After our detour to view the unusual rail-to-road movement, we returned to I-90 and continued to Billings. There we found the Cost Plus World Market, where we bought a dozen bottles of Lisa's favorite drink, Curiosity Cola. We had packed all of the bottles we had on hand before leaving Fernley, but Lisa had already gone though them, so we stocked back up. There, we saw something that made us laugh, but that we couldn't share with anyone else.
( Using the 'Wrong' Toilet )
We continued through Billings and refueled at the Pilot Flying J, then continued east on I-94. We still had about 200 miles to go until our destination tonight.
( Depot in Passing )
My IHG platinum status got us upgraded to a mini-suite, much appreciated after the overpriced, undersized room at Livingston. Once again, we got drinks from a nearby mini-market, ordered pizza (coincidentally, there has been/will be a Pizza Hut in every planned overnight stop on this outbound trip), Lisa got a bath, we had dinner while watching a video on the room TV to which I was able to connect with my HDMI cable, and we relaxed under the air conditioning.
For the next two days, I have to work a half-day on Day Jobbe, and as I move east, the hours when I have to work will shift as I have to match the team. I'll manage. The good part is that I can get up an hour later thanks to being in the Mountain time zone. The bad part is that we will get started later on the next leg of the trip. We have a shorter trip planned tomorrow due to two museum stops we want to make in the Bismark area, about which more tomorrow night.
