Sept 21, 2009 -- Bozeman, MT to Spokane, WA

This morning at our request, our Bozeman host, Quay Butler, gave us a tour of some property his family owns.  It was perfectly lovely piece of Western Montana with this view:


And here is a picture of Quay in his Montana Cadillac:


We thanked Quay for our stay and tour, and departed westward.  During the day's drive, we passed through many fields of newly mowed hay all rolled and stacked for the winter:


The drive through the western part of Montana was particularly scenic.  We crossed the meandering Clark Fork River a dozen times, and finally got a decent picture of it (Never saw a Lewis Fork River):


We crossed into Idaho, but only traveled about 60 miles through it. It happened quickly, so we had to wait until tomorrow to get a good picture of a potato truck.


Our next stop was Spokane, WA for the night.  It had been a fun day with near-perfect weather.  In fact, our weather had been perfect since leaving Paducah, KY on day two.