The scenery was gorgeous, and we saw plenty of bison in the park.
Just before entering the Park, Poppy was fascinated by a bison she spotted near the park boundary fence.
We continued on hwy 2 to Montana and the pace of life changed almost immediately after we crossed the state line. It was a relief to leave behind the frenetic construction, noise, truck traffic, and oil field madness of North Dakota.
We had hwy 2 almost to ourselves; it's mostly cattle ranches and wheat fields out here.
We did pass one of Vanna's cousins by the side of the road, one of the very few we've seen on this trip.
Even though we are close to a thousand miles from Seattle it's beginning to feel like home as the landscape is looking much more familiar and we've seen our first mountain range of the trip, the Bears Paw Mountains.
Spring is here as evidenced by the green grass, tree buds, and exponentially more bugs splatting on our windshield.
We saw five antelope today on the drive.
Tonight we are staying in Shelby, Montana.
Vanna has developed an oil leak; I've crawled under her but can't see where it is coming from. I tightened her oil drain plug but that didn't help so I bought five quarts of oil and will top her up at every gas stop so we can hopefully make it back to Seattle.
The good news is Shelby doesn't have an airport so John can't threaten to fly out. I just hope the town doesn't have an Amtrak station.
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