day 2 Butte

Well the motel from hell had 2 heat settings - on & off. The covers were either around the ears or totally off. Too bad we never had muffins in the room, we would have had b'fast. The day started off in comic fashion. The shower in the motel from hell sprayed the ceiling, walls, everywhere. While reaching for a face cloth to tie around it, the curtain and rod fell in the tub. There I was dripping wet, water everywhere, it was hilarious. We had every kind of weather. When it was good, the roads were dry and we made good time. The winds were gusting from 60/70 mph, so it was a blustery day. We had rain storms and one good blizzard. We couldn't even see the road, it was all we could do to keep on it. Made it to Butte, a quaint old mining town. Waiting out the weather and hope to go thru the Modina pass tomorrow. The price of gas is very good, $90 for 61 gallons. The conversion on that to metric is about 250 I think, so the price per litre is about 1/2 of home. Between bucking the wind, pulling the malibu and the natural thirsty nature of the m'home we are using our share. We were somewhere around 8 mpg today. At least its cheap. Half of the seniors in Ab are on the roads here, some in RV's others in cars. I wonder if there are any Cadillacs left at home after what we have seen.