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This tour didn’t start off as smoothly as I would have
liked. When I went to the bus station in Billings one hour prior to the
departure time, I was told there is no longer a bus to Great Falls. After being assured that she was not joking,
she said I could get to Butte, but nothing from there to Great Falls. I don’t know how far it is from Butte to
Great Falls, but I know that it’s too far for me to walk and too expensive to
hire a cab. (I just found out it’s 350
miles.) So now what to do? After considering checking plane connections
– which I know go through either Salt Lake City or Denver, nothing direct – or
perhaps driving my own car and leaving it in Great Falls for the 3-week
duration of the tour, I was informed
that the tour would pick me up in Glendive, Montana (population 5,000), the next day if I could get there by 2:30 p.m. So here I am waiting for two and one half
hours at the “bus station.”
I connected with my newest traveling companion here in
Glendive. Meet Mary Lou Lewis who lives
in Missoula, Montana. We became
acquainted when I returned to the University of Montana to get my bachelor’s
degree in 1994. She worked in one of the
offices and was extremely helpful to me with all the processes as well as
offering me a place to live for the final summer quarter. We have been good friends since.
And now for the very best of this trip so far. I have written to you about Oslo, Norway, St., Petersburg, Russia, and London, England. Tonight I'm in Bismark, North Dakota, and their recognizable symbol is
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