day 1

Got up at 5am. Tired but ready for a adventure that might top all I have had so far. Got into the van and picked up brook. We were all ready, first stop the border... US border guards were in a good mood, two questions and we had full access to the USA. Second stop brooks cuzins in Lyndon, we had an inverter sent there. Picked it up, and we were off. Stopped at McDonald's for breakfast.. Brook installed the inverter while I drove the first 6 hours. When we crossed the border into montana, we were surprised to find that there is no ATT signal, and my telus phone didn't work. So ne connection to the outside world.. Montana is a boring wasteland with nothing interesting to see or do. We stopped at a rest stop, and went to check out a river, however we were attacked by miquitoes. And we carried on driving throughjt the night. I'm writing this at 1030pm 3 hours away from mount rushmore.