Missoula, MT

Tonite we are in "Jim & Mary's Rv Park, in Missoula, MT. Each site has flowers.

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The road here followed the "Madison" Rvier as it flows out of Yellowstone toward the Missouri River. The Valley is pretty.

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Information at a rest stop.

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Statue in a park in Ennis, MT.

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This will be a one night stop.
Later.

Sawtelle Peak Lookout

Today we drove to "Big Springs" and Sawtelle Peak Lookout. Big Springs is the source of the Snake River. The Snake River connects to the Columbia River then to the Pacific Ocean. Other streams also add to the river. The ranch next door was hosting a ride.

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The peak from the plains.

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The view from 1/2 way up.

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Sawtelle peak rises about 2500 feet above the plain we are camped on. The top is at 9,000 feet above sea leavel

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The views from the top.

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Wonderful views.

Yellowstone Canyon and Falls

Yellowstone Canyon was today's trip.

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The canyon is wide and deep. The Falls are spectacular.

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We saw this Wolf on the hill.

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We drove to the South rim and have more pictures.

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Sylvia resting in the canyon.

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We stopped at the mud volcano.




Home again.

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Wednesday 8-25-09

After a late start we returned to Yellowstone Park. Missed a picture of this yesterday.

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The Elk were still at the river.

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We stopped at the Kepler Cascades.

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A great falls.

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Then on to West Thumb Geysers.

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Then on to Yellowstone Lake. The largest mountain lake in North America.

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Yellowstone 8-25

The trip into Yellowstone was exiting. Our first wildlife was a Buffalo exercising his right of way.

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We found this interesting tree root system.

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We stopped at the Grand Pristmatic Spring.

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Then on to old Faithful. We waited for the 4:15 eruption.

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We had an ice cream at the lodge then headed home. Their was a traffic stop and we checked out the wild life. The Elk were feeding.

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The Eagle was watching all the people with camera's. We were home about 6:30 pm.

Red Rock Campground - Island Park, Idaho

Today we left Hardin, MT and moved to Red Rock Campground in Island Park, ID. The 320 mile trip was a 7 hour drive with stops to stretch, walk the dogs and one stop to eat lunch. We crossed the Continental divide.

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We are in site 40.

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Two of the views from the campground.

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This beautiful campground is home for a week.

Custer Battleground, Crow Agency

Today we visited the "Little Bighorn Battlefield" located on the Crow Agency just south of Hardin, MT.

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The visitor center is near "Last Stand Hill". The Ranger giving the "Battle Talk" was very knowledgeable and a good speaker. Respect was given to the Veterans that fought there on both sides. The fact is that the Indians won with overwhelming numbers.
Did Reno bring about the defeat by not attacking the village? He also could have been wiped out that day.

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The estimate of Indians is 2500 Warriors plus women and children.

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This was a very good visit and we enjoyed the change in terrain.

Hardin, MT

Today we drove to Hardin, MT. There is always road construction in the summer.

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This roadside sign tells about the fighting with the Indians years before the Custer incident. The Indian tactics seem to have been perfected here.

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We stopped at the museum on the Crow Indian Reservation.

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No pictures were allowed inside. We continued on to the campground in Hardin, MT
We are in Grandview camp & RV Park, site 43. Our site after the ice cream social.

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Tomorrow we visit the Battle ground, which is on the Crow Reservation.

Devils Tower

Friday we drove to Sundance, WY to see the Devils Tower. The tower is in Hulett, WY about 30 miles north of Sundance. The tower is the first natural national monument. The first sighting.

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We parked the motor home near the ranger station and drove the car to the monument.

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This red rock is every where around the tower.

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Some engineers say the Tower was formed by "Magma". Very Interesting.

We returned to the motor home and continued toward Gillett, WY. and stayed at the "High Plains Campground.

Custer State Park

Today we toured Custer State Park, the remainder of the wildlife loop. We waited for the Bison to move out of the road.

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The big guy by the road.

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Antelope in the road.

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The donkey in the scenic overlook.

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And in the road.

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The heard of donkeys and elk.

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We drove to Custer for dinner. We ate at "Sage Creek Grille". While waiting to be seated, Fred and Jo came in. What a wonderful surprise. We never expected to see anyone we knew in Custer.
Hope to see you fine people again "Down the Road".