Sunrise in Montana

So, back to the trip, we woke up very early in Jordan and hit the road, an empty road I might add. As I saw the world around me getting lighter I decided to take a peek over my shoulder - well that view was enough to get us to pull the car over.

The view to my right.

The view behind.

Here comes the sun! Anyone who has watched the sunrise, or set for that matter, knows how fast it happens. You must be fast to shoot the occurrence - all the photos above were taken with the point and shoot because I wanted wide shots and I didn't want to take the time to change the lens on the big camera for fear of missing it.

The moon was still awake as the sun came up. And the world was quiet, no cars, no city noises, everywhere I turned it was open road, open land and Big Sky!

Cell phone picture so I could facebook it right away, lol.

Cell phone pic showing the moon and the sun.

The big camera pointed at the moon. :0)

Yeah, the colors in the big camera are very nice.

Jordan, Montana

To be real honest I'm not sure if this was the western edge of North Dakota, or the eastern edge of Montana. Pretty though, no?

We pulled over at this museum's parking lot to call some hotels and find one for the night so we could determine our best route. Yeah, we travel on the fly.

We got onto a Montana backroad not long after entering the state, from Glendive we went to Circle then on to Jordan. Kinda going right through its middle towards Glacier. We were surprised that even on backroads the speed limit was 70 mph. The bugs sure do splat at that speed, lol.

Coming into Jordan, where we spent the night. This is the only stop-and-go light flashing light in town. To the left, out of sight is our motel, if you turn right there's a place to eat, or drink. One of the tiny towns we passed through had a sign that would have fit here too, "Go ahead and blink, we're still here."

I crossed the road and turned around, here's our motel. The Garfield Motel, I guess because we're in Garfield county. The owners are very nice and they've recently purchased the place and working on renovating it. That bright spot is the only convenience store in town. The town had a population of 364 peoples in 2000, and they are at least an hour from any other town. Amazing way to live.

While facing the motel I looked left and could see the bar and grill where we ate dinner.

Any wonder that the new owners are redecorating? Scary, lol. Everywhere I turned there was a new color and/or pattern, kinda gave me a headache. But shockingly of all, we had internet.

We were up and at 'em really early. This was shot real quick as we loaded the van. I think it's a similar position as when we came into town in the dark. Wagon's ho. . .

A little ways down the road we were treated to sunrise in Montana - Glorious!