Out the door at 9:15 AM. Way early for Jo. Way late for Dean.
Between coughs we got to
Blackfoot, the land of Jo’s ancestors. It has grown. We ate at Arby’s; it was so, so. We filled up with gas, $42; then headed out again. We also saw the new Rexburg temple.
It is big and pretty much out all by itself; up on a hill. 
We passed some pretty yellow & purple flowers just outside of Island Park and had to stop and take a picture. (Mom had to wake up to get it). We kept going north and crossed into the MONTANA frontier at about 3:30PM. (Someone shot the sign). We proceeded to Bozeman then on to Billings.
Items of note: there were lots of cows in pastures by the side of the road. Mom said there was more action going on there, than there will be on this trip. Oh well, at least there are going to be happy cows and smiling bulls. (Thank goodness she missed that picture). We saw a bunch of semi’s hauling huge propeller blades. Jo thought that they were for a B34F23 airplane. Don’t know what it might be, but the bigger the number the bigger the plane I guess.
We arrived in Billings at about 7:00 PM. We made pretty good time today. Pulled into the nearest deluxe motel we could find. A RAMADA LIMITED. It’s not the Marriott but it’s not as bad as the honeymoon motels. She at least hasn’t barricaded the door yet.
We are still speaking to each other, so at least for today Katie can still move out and go to BYU. Tomorrow might be a different story. We’ll see. 10 hours on the road was a bit much for mom. It adds new meaning to “tired bum”. This is a road trip and not a vacation. Remember....TRIP is a FOUR LETTER WORD.
