September 2008
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Montana is a state with vast areas of nothingness…the only green we saw on the east side was the money we payed for gas…The speed limit on interstate highways is 75 and 70 mph on secondary roads…we laughed because we went thru a construction zone and the speed limit was 65… and there is no… Read more
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Montana is a beautiful state…I didn’t find the eastern side quite as impressive as the other side – he didn’t really disagree but he thought the east side was beautiful. I will say the landscape is like nothing I had ever seen before. Lots of earth colors. Lots of wheat fields – foothills/mountains and pretty… Read more
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Wall Drug – hmmmm – overpriced food – lots of souvenirs and Black Hills jewelry. Important to see only because of the original story…the druggist’s wife started giving away ice water to tourists who were driving thru on the highway in order to bring in business and today – it’s huge.Decided to forego Mt Rushmore… Read more
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WHERE IS WALL DRUG. Well, in Wall,SD, silly…We stayed in Mitchell,SD last night – was a LONG drive just to get here 🙂 I asked “him” about 2:30 – well, are you about ready to stop for the night – we weren’t out of Iowa yet. We checked into our motel and started watching football… Read more
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I had kind of a busy midnight shift. Nothing overwhelming but just steady. I did find myself in a controlled rage about 5:30 this morning when a woman called because her x kept beating on her mobile home door. She was workable hysterical…as a side note…there are several types of hysterical. Workable hysteria – they… Read more
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This year is the first year we haven’t taken a vacation sometime in the usual summer months. We decided to plan for September for many reasons – including cooler temps and kids back in school so not as busy…then we decided to go camping in Montana. Probably wouldn’t have to worry about the warm temps… Read more
