Day 1

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Hopefully our longest day of travelling with 10 1/2 hours on the road with quick stops in Milk River (nice visitor centre) Great Falls for lunch at Hardees (not so nice) a drive through the Big Belt Mountains between Helena and Butte (very scenic and twisting) Gas in Butte (great open pit mine in the middle of the city) and a stop in Hamer Idaho (pee break behind the LDS Church) before getting to Pocatello about 7:30. The boys travelled great and are very excited about getting to the Grand Canyon. We thought about eating at the "Rico Taco" mobile kitchen in Hamer (pop'n about 12) that was serving the migrant Mexican farm workers but opted instead for the less exciting Applebee's in Pocatello.

Just a quick post today ... more to come along with some photos.

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