Things to Note When Driving in Montana

• At some point, expect to cross the Continental Divide.
• Winter may literally be around the next corner.
• Seeing the legs of a dead animal sticking up from the bed of a truck in front you is perfectly normal.
• Driving a rough here road means you need a four-wheel drive truck with 10 ply tires, a shovel, and a chainsaw in the back.
• A road range incident may involve a surly cow and an automobile on a stretch of “free range” highway.   
• Distance is a measurement of miles not hours of driving.
• Playing tag with cloud shadows roving along an open stretch of highway is an actual thing.
• Get used to the highway vanishing into a vast landscape.
• Pavement is overrated.

—Mitchell Hegman