So, day 1 is over, 5 more to go.  Sweet dreams Peggy.  See you in the morning.       Day 2, 8:10am Goodmorning Peggy.  Welcome to North Dakota.  Running late here.  Both the train and myself.lol  Both about an hour behind.  I’ll talk to you in awhile.  I’m going to get something to eat while I have the time.       9:34am Just left Minot, ND. Not very scenic. A lot of farm land and one huge air base.  And very few trees.  A whole lot of nothingness.  The scenery won’t change much until we arrive into western Montana.  That’s where we will begin to see the Rocky Mountains.        11:45am Leaving Williston, ND. We enter the North Dakota bad lands. Everything has that orange tinge to it.  What would you call them?  Large hills or small mountains??  After we leave this area it’s back to the “I can see forever” fields.  LOL  Just give me a gallon of water, my mountain bike and 2 days.  I’d be a happy camper.  LOL Man, it just turned cloudy outside.  Real quick like.  Overcast and foggy.  Everything has a layer of frost covering it. Don’t kid yourself, it’s cold out there.  It was 18 deg. in Minot and now it looks like it might start snowing at any min.  Welcome to Montana Peggy.  All flat and with little or no trees.  Big Sky Country.  Well it’s sunny again, go figure.  They do have strange weather here.  Not only do they get the extreme temperatures, but the also get what is called “Chinook Winds”.  These winds come off the ocean and blow straight across the reagon.  Sometimes up to 50mph.  But there warm winds.  Talk about a thaw.  LOL  I’ve been seeing quite a few deer outside this morning.  But then again, where do they have to hide. LOL       1:45pm Operating on Mountain Time now.  Turn your clock back 1 hour.

Next stop Havre MT.  Havre......strange name, hey?  LOL  This is how it came about.  Back in the 1800’s two guys got into a fight over a woman.  One lost and was heard to say; “You can have her”.  Get it?  Have-her = Havre. Not a joke.  This is true.  They have a huge sign it town commemorating this too.  Like there proud of this or something. LOL  Only in Montana......where the sheep out number the people 2-1, where the cattle outnumber them 5-1, and where pick-up trucks out number people 15-1.  Lol  and, oh yeah, it’s cloudy again and there’s snow on the ground. Well were coming into the station.  Were going to be here for about 45min so if you want to come outside and freeze you tail off with me, well I wouldn’t mind.  LOL      4:00pm You know what I just thought of?  Being winter it gets dark earlier.  I don’t think were going to see any of the Rockies today.  By the time we get there it will be dark.  Also it’s foggy again. Can’t see any farther then maybe 500’.  Not good for sight-seeing.      5:20pm Ju-ju-ju......Just left Shelby, Montana.  GOOD GOD!!!!!!  Is it COLD!!!!!!  It’s only about 10 degrees outside, if that.  God do I hate this weather.  Completely dark outside too.  I guess were going to have to wait until the return trip to see any of the mountains.  Were only about 25 miles from the Canadian border. The small mountains you see to the left are inside Canada. I’ve got 2 people getting off my car at the next stop of Cutbank, MT.  So I’ll freeze again.  Then after that I need to run some meals to room H, then do some work.  I’ve got some people getting on at Whitefish, MT. Later tonight and I need to get the room ready.      8:25pm My job is either slow or caos.  LOL  I’ve been going non-stop since I put this paper down.  Everything from running meals to chasing coach people out of my car.  Making up rooms, trying to coordinate a wheel-chair and luggage assistance for the people that are leaving at Spokane,WA. At 11:30pm.