Alright, first, some updated stats. I’ll do a full writeup on Colorado and Montana later. Plus pictures—I haven’t forgotten those.

Cop counts are as follows:

• Colorado - 19
• Utah - 8
• Montana - 7
• Oregon - 5 or 6
• Idaho - 4
• Washington - 3
• Wyoming - 2

Most expensive gas: still $4.40 a gallon for regular unleaded in what I now know to be Cimarron, Colorado. Though I managed to keep it under $4 a gallon the entire trip, Washington prices have gone up some 30 cents to $4.22 a gallon since I left. (Oil-speculatin’ bastards. Say hello to the oil bubble which has replaced the housing bubble.)

Miles driven: 3,657

Cities/towns visited: 8

Bottles of beer consumed: too many to count

Every time I come back from Montana, I have a progressively harder time readjusting to life here. Though there are quirks to small towns—and Philipsburg is no exception—I haven’t yet seen anything that would constitute a deal-breaker in terms of relocating permanently. It doesn’t help that some of the wonderful friends I’ve made urge me to make the move every time I visit.

I have much pondering to do about this.

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