Day: July 23, 2012

We finally escaped from Billings. Here is a picture from Billings at the local Riverside park at Sunset. We are now in Bozeman and hope to enter Glacier National Park at around Midnight. Our Air conditioning is still not working properly, but a Ford dealership in Kalispell is going to try a spell at the repair.

I guess every trip must have a beginning and an ending and somewhere in between. Somewhere in between is where we are now. Somewhere in the middle of Montana. We needed new tires so I bought some Michelins at Costco. The Costco salesperson mentioned I needed an alignment, so I took the van to be aligned. The alignment guys said I needed new ball joints. We have been stuck in automotive maintenance mode here in Billings. Today, the van will have the AC overhauled. And tonight we hope to return to a National park. So, we have had some down time which is always good for reflecting on things. EZRA has been very entertaining – always is. You heard the “Where are the Indians” quote while viewing Mount Rushmore, well here are some others.

Montana has a BIG SKY, with lots of clouds and we were all staring at the clouds and I said, “Look, I see a butterfly shape in the clouds”.

Viena said, “I see a dolphin!”

Ezra said, “I see a Dragon!”

I said, “Look, I see the letter E in the clouds!”

Viena said, “I see a car!”

Ezra said, “I see a dragon!”

I said, “Look, I see a face in the clouds!”

Viena said, “I see a flower!”

Ezra said, “I see a dragon!”

Ezra likes Dragon, and Ezra likes to make messes. We have been reading a story that Ezra loves about Marley the messy dog. And yesterday afternoon, Ezra was eating and he made a big mess everywhere and

I said, “Ezra, why do you have to make such big messes!”

and he replied, “because I’m a little boy!”

And then the other day when we were going to the swimming pool at the hotel we passed two grandmotherly ladies and Ezra said, “We are going to the swimming pool!”

and the lady said, “No Way!”

and Ezra said, “and we are going down the water slide!”

and the lady said, “No Way!”

and Ezra asked, “you want to come?”

and the lady said, “No Way!”

We have been having fun here in Billings while the van receives needed repairs.

As some musician said, “when you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand … slide down a water slide!”