Montana

has been a nice change of pace. I've been hanging out here at Kim & Paul's for the last couple of days. I got here Thursday evening, went into Billings Friday with Paul to get the topper for his pickup, and Saturday we went down to Cody to see the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum. Today I went horseback riding on Kim's horse Bear. It was a beautiful day for a ride, with perfect weather. We rode with Paul's friend Linda, who runs trips out of her ranch. She's got almost 700 acres herself, with permission to use an adjacent 10,000 acres. We were out for about 2 hours, which was a nice length. I don't think my ass could have taken much more. The motorcycle and horse saddles are shaped very differently! The horse is a bit wider, too.......

I'm probably headed out tomorrow. I'm ready to be home, I think. The traveling has been fun, but tiring.

I'll probably head down through Yellowstone tomorrow, and will try for a campsite in the Grand Teton National Park. From there I'll head up towards Lewiston, ID, where I've got some distant relatives. I haven't met them, but Dad says they're pretty good folks. I'll probably try to make it to Portland on Wednesday. We'll see, though, if something else strikes my fancy along the way....

Hopefully I'll be able to find someplace to post pictures from - right now I'm using Paul & Kim's computer, so can't post some of the shots of Montana.

Take care.