Today's ride was interesting to say the least. A lot of variation of scenery! The part of Washington we went through today was mostly range land, and Idaho was mountains and beautiful lakes! Beautiful lakes with beautiful homes on their shores!
Montana on the other hand was mountainous, cold and full of snow! Fortunately most of the snow was off the highway, but it really made for beautiful scenery. The locals told us today that a few days ago the temperatures were close to 80 degrees in the area, so most of the snow that was on the mountains and trees is gone. Today the temperatures ranged from 41 degrees for a low and 53 degrees for a high. They are anticipating more bad weather in the area next week some time - this is April, almost May right?
We made a stop at a rest area to walk the dogs and ourselves, and to introduce Lacy and Speedy to snow. They have never seen snow or experienced walking in it.Speedy tolerated it, but I don't think Lacy liked it. Of course Jim kept trying to get her to sit so he could get a picture - excuse me, but this is a dog that doesn't like to sit in damp grass, what makes you think she is going to sit in cold/wet snow? Penny was right at home in the snow - she was a puppy when Port Lavaca had the great snowfall in December 2005 (or was it 2004?) Anyway, Penny had a ball playing in the snow then, and enjoyed it today as well - didn't bother her a bit - she just wasn't to sure about the four wheelers that were being driven in the snow - a popular mode of transportation in these parts!
We traveled through Lookout Pass which is located at the Idaho/Montana border. The elevation here is 4,710 feet above sea level. Lookout Pass is the pass through the Coeur d'Alene Mts of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains. We also changed time zones - again!
We have now traveled approximately 3,500 miles (excluding Hawaiian travel) on our journey. Tomorrow we will travel to Billings, Montana before the weather gets bad again. It may or may not snow again, but if it does snow, we are not prepared for it. Being from Texas we have no snow tires or chains for our truck so we need to get through the bad weather spots as quickly as possible!
Enjoy the pictures!
Leaving Washington State
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Entering Idaho
Beautiful Lakes
Starting the mountain climb
First sight of snow
More snow - getting closer
Lots of snow
Lacy experiencing her first snow!
Popular form of snow transport
Speedy - not too sure about the "white" stuff
Penny - nary a worry about the "white" stuff
Overflowing stream - snow run-off
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