There really isn't anything to report today, other than that we are on the way home. We got to Billings, MT today and stayed at the same KOA we stayed in on the way out. It is a long way with very little interstate. What we have found interesting is that even the two lane highways out here have maximum speed limits which are higher than (or equal to) the interstate speed limits at home!!! Interstate upper limit is 75, but it is 70 on most of the two lane highways. We set the cruise control at 60 and try to maximize miles per gallon!!!
We are kind of in awe of the numbers of people we saw at all of the places we visited on this trip. It did not seem to us that the gasoline prices have kept many people home. When we went over the Going to the Sun Road, it was full and almost all of the parking areas were packed. I am sure that there is some decline in travel, but it seems like the people from the states around Montana were out in force. I guess they didn't have as far to go as we did.
However, I am still concerned about the people who live out here with the high fuel prices. Children have to travel long distances to get to school. The fields have to be plowed, planted, and picked. Cows have to be herded. Grasses have to be grown, cut and bailed for hay. Mail has to be delivered. Emergency services have to be provided. With fuel over $4.00/gallon, I hate to know what the price of bread and hamburger meat is going to be in the near future.
And, for all of the politicians talking about using alternative fuels - electric cars will not go as far on one charge as these folks have to drive just to get their child to school. This is a problem that needs to be fixed.
And that is my political statement for today.
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