Said the woman next to me in the Hoot n' Howl after her husband asked if she wanted a Bud Light. Wyoming women are an interesting breed.
Last night, we pulled up to our first ever complete RV site. It had laundry, showers, toilets, electricity and water. It was not at all as serene or interesting as our past sites, but it served it's very necessary purpose. Things needed charging and clothes needed washing!
After pulling in, the crew showered and ran across the street to the Bozeman Trail Restaurant or the Dead Animals Everywhere Restaurant. Whichever you prefer. Eating my Mexican salad while a body-less moose, bear, pheasant, deer, wolf and buffalo watched me was kind of odd, but not at all as odd as how much the entire restaurant watched from behind them. No matter how many flannels we wear, we stick out in these parts.
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| tired Jeff. |
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| Bear friend. |
Bozeman closed at 10, so we crossed the deserted highway and went to the Hoot n' Howl Bar and Lounge. Walking through the door, records scratched and everyone turned to stare. Hellooooo alien people! We immediately ordered drinks, listened to the band and engaged in some extremely stimulating conversation with locals who approached us to see if we were foreign.
"My husband bet you were foreign, but I guessed you came in from Seattle."
oh.
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| No dancing. |
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| "Everyone thinks we're weird!" |
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| "SHOT!" |
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| Jack Danny Band |
Video proof:
In one convo, I was able to literally make a girl slack-jawed merely by telling her my age and childless nature. She COULD NOT believe a 29 year old would NOT have 3 or 4 kids. Mind = blown.
"All my friends have one in the yard and one in the oven. And they're 24!"
Next, she expressed that she would NEVER go to New York because of all the people. In fact, she moved from one small town to an even smaller one because not everyone knew her name in the first one or something. Her certainty and stubborness on the subject kind of ticked me off, so I tried a tender cajoling approach. But the deal was done. She was not interested in seeing our part of the world. Ever.
The rest of the night was a blast. The band gave us their CD because being from NY means that we can obviously help them hit it big, and drama ensued around us when one of the young alcoholic boys kissed another girl on the cheek while he was engaged to another. Oh boy! Drama! It was actually funny to see the girls acting all worked up while their "men" could barely open their eyes or walk straight.
Yeehaw!
Today is a driving day. Just us and the open road until we reach Yellowstone tonight. I can't wait!!!!
Oh and we reached 9666 feet elevation!! And we didn't pass our or die! We actually ate lunch in the RV there and played a little frisbee near the snow.
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| window bug juice can't even ruin this view. |
xoxo
L
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