It's time again for one of my great western adventures with Mr. Lee and Steve! Only this time we didn't head out to the Wild, Wild West. Instead, we decided to visit the underground super volcano known as Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons!
We got up early this morning and headed to the airport. I had to go through one of those full body scanners at the Huntsville airport, so I started off the trip by ruining someone's morning because they had to see me naked-ish. Sorry, random security person! We boarded fairy quickly and headed to Atlanta. Blerg. I do not like the Atlanta airport! It's too big and too crowded. Our layover ended up being a couple of hours long, but it wasn't too terrible. We got some breakfast and hung around until our next flight boarded.
Our next flight was took us to Salt Lake City, UT. The plane was completely packed, but the passengers were really calm. Much better than our last flight out west to Las Vegas. Of course, that flight was full of gamblers and party people. For all I know this plane was full of Mormons heading home! It got a bit bumpy at times, and I was seated right next to the wing, so I couldn't really see any scenery, but it wasn't too bad.
THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE WING OF THE PLANE!
We landed and found our way to our next gate. It was the smallest little airport gate I'd ever seen, which would have been fine if the strange Asian family hadn't been in such close quarters with us! That probably sounds rude, but I'm being 100% honest. The little boy ran around and around, paying no attention to his mother, who was slapping him around the whole time, and he kept running into Mr. Lee. The grandmother kept making this disgusting sound with her face. It was like she kept hawking a loogie without spitting. It was so gross. Steve called her The Hacker. It seemed like forever before we finally boarded our last plane to Bozeman, Montana.
Bozeman, MT! I already see a mountain!
The plane was tiny! It was like being crammed into a tube sock. There were two seats on each side, and I was seated across the aisle from Steve and Mr. Lee. Since the plane was full, I knew I would be sitting with a stranger, but I wasn't bothered until I saw that The Hacker would be my seat mate! Ugh! Luckily, her grandson asked if I would mind trading seats with his grandfather so that they could sit together, and I gladly moved further back into the plane.
I'm actually glad I did, because I wound up sitting next to two very interesting people. The woman I shared a seat with was from Bozeman, and she was very nice. It also turned out that her daughter in law is the actress that played Juliette on Lost! Neato! Well, at least she said she was. Who knows really. The guy on the other side of me was also from Bozeman, and he was so funny. We spent the whole flight making each other laugh and talking. We just talked about dumb stuff, but I enjoyed it. I felt like I knew him from somewhere, but I know I didn't. He just reminded me of someone, I think. It wasn't until we got off the plane that I realized we'd talked so much that I'd forgotten to get his name! Oh, well, I just refer to him as Airplane Guy. He was nice! I liked him. Of course, he could have been a serial killer for all I know. Oh well, who cares. I think I made Tyler Durden's fabled "Single Serving Friend."
After that, we got our rental car, and found our hotel. We are staying in a place called Homewood Suites. It's a really nice place, with rooms more like small apartments than regular hotel rooms. The only thing I don't like is that the carpets remind me of the floors in The Shining. Eeesh. We got dinner and now we're back at the hotel. I'm so tired, but Steve and Mr. Lee want to watch some movie called Spencer's Mountain. It has something to do with The Waltons or something. I don't know, I'm just trying to stay awake. Hopefully I can go to bed soon, because our adventures have just started!
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