Wednesday, August 2
08:45
Wakeup call.
Doyle and Daniel both go back to sleep without discussing it.
09:40
Wake up for real when housekeeping knocks.
Daniel was having a dream where he was at a party and standing in a pool with a bunch of people, fully clothed, having drinks.
Doyle had a foreboding dream, and may remember more later.
9:45
Go to breakfast. It is actually pretty good.
They had a set up with a waffle maker complete with individual cups with batter in them. You took the batter, stirred it, and poured it onto the grill and cooked the waffle yourself. It was sweet, but Doyle was not interested.
Doyle rediscovered oatmeal (instant).
Daniel also had oatmeal - he made a mistake/discovery when he put a bit of coffee into his oatmeal thinking it was water, then concluded with water - a bit of extra zing.
There was a family whose mother was embarrassed that her kid was watching the news, but not embarrassed that the entire family was decked out in sport sandals.
10:25
Go to library for internet. There are free magazines available, but most are pretty terrible. Question arises - which is worse:
1. A 3 year old Economist
2. A 3 year old Newsweek
We get lost on the way out of the library due to a rancid design. Daniel makes a snide comment when he suggests that Rem Koolhaas also designed this library. Doyle finds it funny, having just been in the Seattle library a few days prior.
Both Daniel and Doyle had agreed in a previous discussion that it doesn't take much to make a building that will be talked about, other than a bit of creative liberty and money.
11:15
Get a coffee (Doyle) at City Brew. Daniel is curious about why Doyle refuses to use the drive through. Doyle reveals that he is nervous about how they would pour the cream. The coffee place was recommended by the pony-tailed guy at the library information desk.
11:25
Clean the windshield at a gas station. It is filthy. Doyle suggests that we should make sure the bees that are flying around don't get in the car in a strangely animated manner.
11:35
Leave Missoula, get on the road about 2 hours behind schedule. Realize we really need to take the camera out of the bag. Argue about how cool putting the first letter of a town's name on a hillside actually is.
12:30
Begin two hours of brainstorming on Montreal ideas.
15:30
Stop at Albertson's for lunch.
Fill up on gas.
15:35
Get sun blocker's for the windows from NAPA. Also get solicited to buy lemonade (which we do - Doyle pays[50 cents]) from a couple of kids outside the store.
16:00
Hit the road again.
16:30
Switch drivers.
17:00
Discuss wether to take the I-90 or the I-94. After consulting the map together we decide the I-90 is better.
18:00
Daniel says,
We are on the I-94.
We decide to go to Miles city and then take a two lane road south to get back on the I-90.
19:45
Stop for gas. In Miles City. Daniel asks girl in Red Ford F350 for directions and recommendations for food. Daniel considers asking her out to dinner, but doesn't. Daniel remarks that it is a town out of a David Lynch movie. Subsequent encounters confirm.
20:00
Dinner at the Stagecoach. The hamburger bun was frozen in the middle.
21:00
Leave on 59-South to rejoin I-90.
10:35
Smoked a dear that was standing with a group on the side of the road and then ran directly into our path. It was gruesome. Blood and guts everywhere, exploding body in the air. The smell was perhaps the worst.
No wiper fluid, so when Daniel turned them on, it just smeared blood all over the windshield.
Pulled over and stopped on the side of the road for a minute.
11:15
Pull into a gas station in the middle of nowhere.
They don't have water, so we clean the car with the squeegees as best we can. There is a dent in the hood and the grill and one headlight are bent out of whack. When we pull out we get behind a big truck which we use as our DEER PLOW.
It is absolutely insane how many deer are on the sides of the road. Doyle and Daniel are both on edge.
11:35
Pull back onto I-90. Feel a bit safer.
01:30
Stop at Wall to look for a place to stay. Everything is totally full. It is incredible. We see the famous Wall Drug Store.
We decide to give up on staying in Wall.
01:40
Get gas. Leave Wall. Doyle drives.
Daniel tries, without great success, to sleep.
03:20
Doyle pulls over. We stop and try to sleep.
Daniel again has troubles dropping off, gives up.
Wakeup call.
Doyle and Daniel both go back to sleep without discussing it.
09:40
Wake up for real when housekeeping knocks.
Daniel was having a dream where he was at a party and standing in a pool with a bunch of people, fully clothed, having drinks.
Doyle had a foreboding dream, and may remember more later.
9:45
Go to breakfast. It is actually pretty good.
They had a set up with a waffle maker complete with individual cups with batter in them. You took the batter, stirred it, and poured it onto the grill and cooked the waffle yourself. It was sweet, but Doyle was not interested.
Doyle rediscovered oatmeal (instant).
Daniel also had oatmeal - he made a mistake/discovery when he put a bit of coffee into his oatmeal thinking it was water, then concluded with water - a bit of extra zing.
There was a family whose mother was embarrassed that her kid was watching the news, but not embarrassed that the entire family was decked out in sport sandals.
10:25
Go to library for internet. There are free magazines available, but most are pretty terrible. Question arises - which is worse:
1. A 3 year old Economist
2. A 3 year old Newsweek
We get lost on the way out of the library due to a rancid design. Daniel makes a snide comment when he suggests that Rem Koolhaas also designed this library. Doyle finds it funny, having just been in the Seattle library a few days prior.
Both Daniel and Doyle had agreed in a previous discussion that it doesn't take much to make a building that will be talked about, other than a bit of creative liberty and money.
11:15
Get a coffee (Doyle) at City Brew. Daniel is curious about why Doyle refuses to use the drive through. Doyle reveals that he is nervous about how they would pour the cream. The coffee place was recommended by the pony-tailed guy at the library information desk.
11:25
Clean the windshield at a gas station. It is filthy. Doyle suggests that we should make sure the bees that are flying around don't get in the car in a strangely animated manner.
11:35
Leave Missoula, get on the road about 2 hours behind schedule. Realize we really need to take the camera out of the bag. Argue about how cool putting the first letter of a town's name on a hillside actually is.
12:30
Begin two hours of brainstorming on Montreal ideas.
15:30
Stop at Albertson's for lunch.
Fill up on gas.
15:35
Get sun blocker's for the windows from NAPA. Also get solicited to buy lemonade (which we do - Doyle pays[50 cents]) from a couple of kids outside the store.
16:00
Hit the road again.
16:30
Switch drivers.
17:00
Discuss wether to take the I-90 or the I-94. After consulting the map together we decide the I-90 is better.
18:00
Daniel says,
We are on the I-94.
We decide to go to Miles city and then take a two lane road south to get back on the I-90.
19:45
Stop for gas. In Miles City. Daniel asks girl in Red Ford F350 for directions and recommendations for food. Daniel considers asking her out to dinner, but doesn't. Daniel remarks that it is a town out of a David Lynch movie. Subsequent encounters confirm.
20:00
Dinner at the Stagecoach. The hamburger bun was frozen in the middle.
21:00
Leave on 59-South to rejoin I-90.
10:35
Smoked a dear that was standing with a group on the side of the road and then ran directly into our path. It was gruesome. Blood and guts everywhere, exploding body in the air. The smell was perhaps the worst.
No wiper fluid, so when Daniel turned them on, it just smeared blood all over the windshield.
Pulled over and stopped on the side of the road for a minute.
11:15
Pull into a gas station in the middle of nowhere.
They don't have water, so we clean the car with the squeegees as best we can. There is a dent in the hood and the grill and one headlight are bent out of whack. When we pull out we get behind a big truck which we use as our DEER PLOW.
It is absolutely insane how many deer are on the sides of the road. Doyle and Daniel are both on edge.
11:35
Pull back onto I-90. Feel a bit safer.
01:30
Stop at Wall to look for a place to stay. Everything is totally full. It is incredible. We see the famous Wall Drug Store.
We decide to give up on staying in Wall.
01:40
Get gas. Leave Wall. Doyle drives.
Daniel tries, without great success, to sleep.
03:20
Doyle pulls over. We stop and try to sleep.
Daniel again has troubles dropping off, gives up.
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