Two thoughts, one result

Trefor goes to bed at a reasonable time.
I tend to stay up a few hours later.
Generally I use this time to work on projects I'm trying to get done, or sometimes to get a little exercise.
Tonight I took the opportunity to walk around downtown Deer Lodge. It is a sad little town on the outskirts of what looks (from here) to be a sad little city.

This is what this trip is about. We write about the things we've seen and the people we've spoken to, but so much of what is happening is impossible to relate. The feel of the terrain, the different climates we're passing through. The world around us goes through amazing phases. We're spending hours on end in the car, but you'd be surprised how many of those hours are spent being in awe of the beauties of the lands we're driving through.

Walking through this little town in the middle of the night and feeling what a place like this in the midwest feels like. That's what this whole thing is for.