Day 3- part done

So much has happened in so little time and yet some things seem to last forever. Tuesday had us stuck in Lewistown, MT. Shortly before we arrived the winds started to build and at touchdown they were blowing 25 degrees crosswind at 25 knots! landing turned into work, even taxi-ing was difficult. the wings were rocking during fueling, the temperature dropped, the sky got dark and a small but persistent and loud voice in my head said "you ain't goin anywhere". We tied the plane down and, thanks to the very nice folks at the FBO, took the courtesy car into town for lunch. As it became clear that the wind was in no hurry to calm down, we called it a day and took a room. I could not envision trying to fly across real mountains with 25 knots on the nose- especially since I was still wondering just what flying across the mountains would look like at all. Oh well, early to bed and live to fly another day.