Well it's a beautiful old bird.
Stopped in Kewanee for the night, it sure was Ugly around Chicago was ifr-freeway thru most of the area, Kewanee was where I finally ran out of sky so had to stop for the night,(in the west at least you can see the mountains, those towers scare the hell out of me!!) Next morning was fair sky's only had to wait to get going as the primer didn't want to pump??? no new o rings there so with a small amount of grease I got the Jake running and headed west. 63 gals later I was in Pierre ND?? They had a linclon town car for use and had a great lunch, found some o rings and headed west again in fair sky's still, Makin 175mph ground speed as long as I didn't get to high, ran into ugly just before Billings made it into Laurel MT for some of the $2.99 gas will find out in the morning how much it takes. Will try and get thru the Mountain tomorrow.
Sure is a Nice Ride!GT

Don't push the weather too much brother. That airplane deserves beautiful skies. If you overnight in Polson let us know and maybe some of the boys will come and see ya. All we need is an excuse to fly!

The western part of Montana is OK but today is not the day to be flying VFR west from Billings(or north or south), tomorrow will be no better. Come on up to the tower and we'll give you a tour.

Well looks like I will get some time to polish the old bird a little, Was lucky enough to find a hangar and it looks like I won't be going anywhere soon!!!
If I can find a ride to Billings I'll come up and tour that tower. Don't even know if I can rent a car here??
Last year it was 1st of June and we were stuck in Missoula for 2 days because of snow!!
I wish I could get thru this state both ways without staying some time, but hey the food and company is always good.
Thanks again for everyones support and suggestions, Hope to meet more of you along the way.
It was great meetimg the Patrol Guy before I left OH. We were standing around bs ing and up drove one of those Super Cub Pilots, There everywhere!!!!
Hope all have a good day.
GT

If you are stuck in Laurel, you should go check out Shotgun Willies --It is an interesting place, to say the least. Tell them it is your birthday, and you will be sore for a week.

ShotGun Willies, Man you are trying to get me in trouble, I looked around!! there's 2 of those places here. Took 1/2 an hour to find the second one
Weather was bum most of the day, this evening it picked up a little but was down in Bozeman so just spent the day polishing the old bird up. It's 60 this year!!
Met some great people here, ended up going to the Billings TEA PARTY for a couple of hours!
Maybe better weather tomorrow!
I did come up with some wheels so I might look the Bonanza Man up and take him up on his offer.
GT

Any pictures for us to drool over?

WX is severe clear on this side of the divide (at least here) this morning..... should be a nice ride for ya if you can get out of the flat lands.
JH

Well I made it home this afternoon,
Had a great ride today, Good weather out of Laurel, it was a little tight thru the notch to Boseman, then the same getting into Butte, from there it was smooth sailing!!
Stopped and seen some fine people at Polson, took a tour of Stene Aviation Outfit, all those fiberglass cessna parts and the Sportsman Stol, Willie was great.
Called an old friend from my past in AK. He and his wife came down for a Hello!
Stopped at Bonners Ferry for some Ice Cream(Dave has not stocked up for the summer yet) said they will have the freezer plugged in just as soon as they dig it out of the ice!!!
I think I'll sleep well tonight.
Thanks again for all the help and thoughts from you all, I had a great time!!
Wish I could have met more of you but, there will be a next time!!
If anyone has any interest, there is a little poker run out of 63s Sat morning around 9 am 5 airports, hot dogs, and a little fun!!!
GT

Let us know when that beautiful machine will be in Seeley Lake and we'll come visit.

Glad to hear that you had a safe trip home. It was nice to cross paths. Thanks again for the lunch.