A somewhat uneventful day of driving all the way to Bozeman (about 10 hours) during which we had to figure out where to stay on the fourth of July! We figured some small town in Montana would be kinda fun, so we shot for Bozeman and called every place we could find. We settled on a private camp ground that had showers (!!!) and wifi (!!!!) although we found we were so exhausted we hardly had any time for the blog or emails.
Just when we were going to make dinner, a lovely couple named Jill and Gilles (french) invited us for dessert with their family (they had two young sons) and explained that they were embarking on what they considered to be the closest modern equivalent to a nomadic lifestyle. Gilles worked one day a week as a psychiatrist over the phone, and with that they intended to travel the world, seeing six continents they hoped, for the next 2-3 years. Amazing! It was really inspiring to meet a 30-something year old couple that had not given up on their dreams of living abroad and travelling. We found out they both had several connections to Stanford and San Jose, so we exchanged blog info and maps as they were headed to Glacier and coming from Yellowstone (our next destination). Great couple.
Having not had dinner, we realized it was time for fireworks, and upon the recommendation of the campground attendant, headed to the Wal-mart parking lot with the rest of Bozeman to catch the fireworks. I picked up some Wendy's (the first fast food of trip) as it was so late nothing else was open, and we had lost the opportunity to cook dinner for ourselves. Nothing like watching fireworks on the 4th of July eating Wendy's in a Wal-mart parking lot...very American. We collapsed soon afterward in anticipation of waking up early to get to Yellowstone.
Part of the fireworks show.
The boys at the fireworks show.
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