Road trip part the third
Sep. 27th, 2006 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tikistitchMini road trip!
'Cause, what's funner when you're on a road trip than taking another road trip?
Basically,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mr_tikistitch wanted to see how fast the new car could go on a straightaway when there's no officers of the law about. (Answer: very frickin' fast.) We had lots of fun passing slower cars, at least until we turned into Kalispell, and some bozo tried to run us off the road with his crappy pickup truck as we overtook him. Mr. Tiki expertly completed the pass, and then slowed down in front of this individual. "I'll show him!" We tried to crawl under our bucket seat. "Mr. Tiki! This is Montana! He's probably armed!!!"
But, we managed to get to Glacier national park with no further incident.
It's beautiful, 'n stuff.
This is the visitor center at the pass, at the tippy top of the park. It was very windy and cold up there.
It was also festooned with warnings regarding Grizzly Bears. "If we see a bear," Mr. Tiki helpfully concluded, "you take the Fig Newtons."
Did we mention it was pretty cold? Did we mention that we drove all the way up with the top down?
Also, they had the park road blocked off for construction here.
So, we regretfully snapped a few photos of the other side, and started down the mountain.
Mr. Tiki was able to find some cool Star Wars cereals in Kalispell, so we headed out into the sunset with trunks crammed full of Mini Wheats. It was at sunset that we learned firsthand of another phenomenon peculiar to Montana: kamakaze dear! It's true: they will sidle up to the side of the road, carefully look both ways, and, if they see a car coming, leap into the middle of the road! We decided it was time that the state took measures to breed deer in a more visible color, perhaps the unnatural bright pink of Strawberry Mini Wheats, for maximum visibility.
We were very late getting back for dinner at Aunt Jyl's. But, we brought Thunder doggie a chewie bone, so he forgave us.
'Cause, what's funner when you're on a road trip than taking another road trip?
Basically,
mr_tikistitch wanted to see how fast the new car could go on a straightaway when there's no officers of the law about. (Answer: very frickin' fast.) We had lots of fun passing slower cars, at least until we turned into Kalispell, and some bozo tried to run us off the road with his crappy pickup truck as we overtook him. Mr. Tiki expertly completed the pass, and then slowed down in front of this individual. "I'll show him!" We tried to crawl under our bucket seat. "Mr. Tiki! This is Montana! He's probably armed!!!"But, we managed to get to Glacier national park with no further incident.
It's beautiful, 'n stuff.
This is the visitor center at the pass, at the tippy top of the park. It was very windy and cold up there.
It was also festooned with warnings regarding Grizzly Bears. "If we see a bear," Mr. Tiki helpfully concluded, "you take the Fig Newtons."
Did we mention it was pretty cold? Did we mention that we drove all the way up with the top down?
Also, they had the park road blocked off for construction here.
So, we regretfully snapped a few photos of the other side, and started down the mountain.
Mr. Tiki was able to find some cool Star Wars cereals in Kalispell, so we headed out into the sunset with trunks crammed full of Mini Wheats. It was at sunset that we learned firsthand of another phenomenon peculiar to Montana: kamakaze dear! It's true: they will sidle up to the side of the road, carefully look both ways, and, if they see a car coming, leap into the middle of the road! We decided it was time that the state took measures to breed deer in a more visible color, perhaps the unnatural bright pink of Strawberry Mini Wheats, for maximum visibility.
We were very late getting back for dinner at Aunt Jyl's. But, we brought Thunder doggie a chewie bone, so he forgave us.
