So my grandparents' 45th anniversary was this weekend in the middle of Montana.. and I decided to go! So my daughter & I climbed in Blue and headed out on Friday.
Passes were pretty decent - snowing so hard I could barely see the lines but it wasn't sticking, 29 degrees on Snoqualmie, same for Lookout, same for McDonald! But in Spokane it was 71 degrees.. ran the gamut of weather, that's for sure. I only saw one MINI in MT, it was east of Missoula on I90, he was west-bound, yellow with white. He didn't see me though.
We took Saturday for the party and carousing with the relatives, then came all the way back Sunday. Just west of George I passed a blue/white MINI, not sure if she waved - I was busy playing cat n' mouse with a white Neon & a red Explorer
Overall I averaged 26.6 mpg, which isn't bad considering I had the top down for about 500 miles and kept it around 90 all through Montana!! 1450 miles, roundtrip!
Really had some fun on the highways out there - I grew up in MT so I went out of my way to take the windiest roads. Deep Creek Canyon between Townsend & White Sulphur Springs was a blast both ways, although I did skip around one of the corners coming back! Sanded roads! Also there were some big rocks in the road on one of the corners!