We're at the entrance to Yellowstone National Park; however, I don't think we're going to head south into the Park (although it would be tempting). We left Edmonds bright and early this morning, but between getting gas, traffic, etc., we didn't get out of the Seattle metroplex until about 7:30 a.m..
The Race for the Cure was great yesterday - a little lower attendance figure than normal. The official estimate was 9,000 participants (although I'm not sure who did the counting). It started off cold and cloudy, but it cleared up by race time. We had about 25 people on the Vi's Guys team - would have had more, however, Maureen, Beth and Kelley couldn't make it because their father was very ill. Our thoughts were with them. Maddy (Madison, who is Amber's daughter and Butch's granddaughter) provided the bright spots of the day. Cute in her little pink tutu - she got a lot of attention when she ran up the hill at the end of the race. We also made it on the Channel 5 News that evening when the Vi's Guys sign was prominently shown. Afterwards, we all went over to Wanda's for breakfast and perhaps, there was also a bloody mary or mimosa or two. Fun time.
Later on Sunday we went down to see Marjorie and Edward in Seattle and then Wanda, Dave and Randy came out to Pete's for pizza and a little poker. All in all, it was a fun visit (but then it's always fun to see everyone in Seattle).
Our trip today was kind of a reprise from Friday when we traveled into Seattle from Pendleton. Hit I-90 and went back over the Cascades and then over the Columbia through eastern Washington into Idaho and Montana. The scenery was just beautiful. As I've said before, there are as many shades of green in Washington as there shades of brown in Nevada! No matter how many times we make that trip, it's always beautiful and you see something different. Today we noticed coming through Butte, MT that there is a huge (90 feet high) statue of the Virgin Mary atop the mountain outside Butte. The most noticeable landscape in Butte is the huge open pit mine to the north of I-90.
Tonight we stopped in Livingston (originally we had planned to stay in Bozeman, but there was no room in the Inn). We had been trying to think of the brewery we had been to on a previous trip to Montana, but were having no success. When we were looking for a place to eat in Livingston, we stumbled upon the place we had been looking for - called the Montana Chop & Rip Shop. They had great local beers and fantastic food.
Tomorrow we head for Fargo and then on to Rochester.
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