Kim drops by in the AM to give me some hydrogen Peroxide for Buddy. She also has a memento in the bag for me: a cap from Sand Springs. How cool is that? If I'd wished for a cap from any of the places I've been so far, this would have been it. So, things get packed quickly, and we're back on the road just before 10.
Trodding along, we make good time. Bud sleeps most of the way, though he pops his head up once in a while when he catches a whiff of an antelope or some dead carcass on the side of the road. The landscape is fairly uniform with sagebrush and grass covering most of the ground and the highway ascending and descending the numerous hills of the high plains.
As the sun begins to go down, making it the full 33 miles into Jordan starts to look more like a more promising option.
We get into town just after 20:00 and check into the Garfield Motel. After demanding his dinner, Bud falls asleep in front of the heater and I go to the shower to remover a couple layers of grime.
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| Ostensibly, this is how ranchers send a message to predators to KEEP AWAY. |
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| Originally I thought this might have been a cougar with its cub, but the more I looked, the more I started thinking it's a sheep. |
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for a safe journey!!! It was such a pleasure meeting the both of you. You are truly a remarkable pair!!! Give Buddy a scratch on the head for me!! Be safe my new friends. - Kim from Sand Springs, MT
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