What are we nuts??
Departure time is 8:20 AM. 46
degrees. Hmmm. As Jim says, “It’s all
part of the adventure”.
We are a caravan of
3ish. Two out front and one getting a
little later start.
We settle in. How can we ever tire of the outstanding
beauty of North Idaho? Soon we skim in
and out of 3 states in an hour and a half.
Montana speed limit = 80MPH.
Not gonna get there pulling a trailer, but nice to go as fast as we can.
We lose an hour as we switch
to Mountain Time. We’re watching for
other RVers who might be as crazy as we are and there are quite a few.
Montana in the fall provides
birds flying south, a pop of orange among the green trees with a rare touch of
red, cattails turning to fluff and horses chasing a herd of deer across a
field.
We have a cold lunch (in more
ways than one) at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch. The flag flies at half-mast, reminding
us of the Las Vegas shootings. Glad to be far away and alone in an empty
parking lot.
We encounter rain and some
snow flurries just west of Butte (just high altitude rain). We drive right
through the dripping clouds and out the other side.
Clouds are caught in tree
branches and nestled into mountain tops. The majestic Rockies push into the
clouds, just below the cloud curtain, a dusting of snow. And there are the
Montana icons: the Big Stack, Our Lady of the Rockies, and billboards for the
Testicle Festival,
The Clark’s Fork gives way to
the Gallatin.
It’s snowing when we stop for
the night. Nonetheless salmon gets grilled outdoors and we have a cozy feast
indoors.
We stay next door to the
Bozeman Hot Springs and can’t pass up the opportunity to take a soak in the
natural hot springs since we are so very close. We slip and slide over in the
snow and find a locker, (they charge and we didn’t bring any $$ so we leave our
stuff unlocked). The indoor pools,
ranging in temperature from 59 to 106 degrees, are nice and warm, but the
building is old and dumpy. The outdoor pool, however, is wonderful: hot water,
dark sky and snowflakes dampening our hair. No towels (see the no $$ comment
above), so we drip dry and slip and slide back to the trailer.
What? Are we nuts? I guess
so, but in a Lewis and Clark kind of way.
Happy Birthday Jenny!
Lodging:
Bozeman Hot Spring Campground
81123 Gallatin Road
Bozeman, MT 59718
Bozeman, MT 59718
888-651-5802
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