Tripometer – 4488 mi
Gas Gauge – 363.427 gal
Location – Loch Leven Campground, Pine Creek, MT
Lodging – $12
Cans of OFF – 4
Today was a relatively boring day. This was the end of our monthly cell phone cycle making high bandwidth internet a luxury to be consumed quickly. Bills, computer updates, file backup, and trip planning made up most of Paul’s day as Kelly worked.
Shortly after noon during the heat of the day we were making sandwiches for lunch when the wind suddenly and violently began shaking the trailer and billowing the awning alarmingly. We ran to close the awning as quickly as possible. We honestly we impressed that the awning didn’t sustain any damage it was so deformed by the updraft. A really scary situation. We later saw a dust devil of considerable size come close to another trailer and cause the same symptoms. We think we probably took a direct hit from one – a small one?
In the evening we tried to check out the local fishing spots. Paul had gotten advice from a local fishing shop to check out some of the local feeder streams along the big Yellowstone. When we arrived at the primary stream we were told to go to we found it completely dry.
Maybe we’ll have better luck with dinner? We did! We noticed that what we were calling ‘the local swill joint’ had a fairly long list of live acts listed for tonight and this weekend. We decided to check out the swill joint. To our absolute delight both dinner and the show were fantastic and dogs were welcome. The bluegrass band The Barefoot Movement were a ton of fun and we had a fantastic dinner on the front porch after the show. Check out the video above for The Barefoot Movement’s take on Black Sabbath. We’re thrilled to have a decent place to eat and drink nearby. Wish we had discovered it earlier.
After pulling the nail out of my brain listening to that rendition, I actually started enjoying it. I’ll take Ozzy’s original any-day, but the fiddling and banjoing (is that a word?) was actually pretty good. And while the singing is very bluegrass – at least you can understand her (a step up from poor Ozzy).
Yep – that was pretty much our take on it as well. It was actually a medley of 80’s rock and most of the other songs were equally weird applications of bluegrass. Super entertaining group.
They sound good. Interesting that they were 2 men, 2 women. Wonder if they’re two couples working and performing together as an alternative to more traditional careers (or maybe in addition to). It was surprising when I realized they were singing “Crazy Train… lol
Thank you for all the updates, we really enjoy reading about your adventures. Safe travels
Thanks for the props, Ted!