Day 92 - Saturday, 9/19/09, SETTLED

Corinne goes to Rosh Hashana services at Congregation Beth Aaron in Billings, MT. This is a Reform Temple, but it's the closest to where we could find a suitable campground. There are only 4 synagogues in all of Montana. About 50 families belong to the congregation.

During the reading of the Torah, a South African congregant talks about seeing African villagers carrying their fire with them from village to village, just like Abraham did when he was going up the mountain to sacrifice Isaac.

The Rabbi is a student who is doing a year Rabbinic internship at this synagogue. She does a very good job.

GPS "Gina" says "Left Honking Road" for "Left on King Road". We get a good laugh out of that.

It is 92 degrees today. Bob goes to a park and uses the day to plan the rest of our trip.

In the late afternoon Bob meets Corinne and a half dozen members of the synagogue at a local bridge over a creek to do the Tashlich service. Rabbi Karen leads us in some responsive readings and we throw some old bread into the water to symbolize throwing our sins away and being cleansed of them.

Day 91 - Friday, 9/18/09, ON THE ROAD

We are back in Montana again. Out West people use trailors from defunct trucks as advertising billboards, putting them close to the road in a field.

There are many log homes of various designs. Most seem to be built from kits.

Tumbleweeds cross the road. It is exceedingly windy.

Bob wants to invent a windshield coating so that insects will slide off instead of splatting on. Corinne agrees, since the ugly splatters make it hard to take pictures out of the front windshield at 70 mph when we don't have time to stop and she sees something spectacular.

PROFOUND SAYINGS BY BOB: Mountains are high. Redwoods are big.

Corinne drives to Billings to attend Rosh Hashana evening services at a Synagogue there.