We leave this year with mixed feelings: excited to be off on new adventures but sad to leave our family.
We left Oct. 14/2014 heading south down Hiway 36, a stress free route seeing horses ,cows, antelope & geese. We spent our first night in Hanna & got our first look at sugar beets & the Rogers sugar plant.
Crossing the border was incident free, just confiscated my grapes as I could not prove country of origin. Beautiful fall colors, good hiway & we arrived at another Walmart "camping spot" in Butte, Montana. Butte was the site of a huge copper mine earning it the title "richest hill on earth" as 20 billion tons of copper were removed from several mines. The old part of the city, built on the hill is full of old brick homes & businesses, quite the sight.
Onwards to Ennis, Montana, our base for exploring the area. This time a full service RV park, much appreciated as the temp. was -5 in the morning. We drove to nearby Virginia City & Nevada City, two old "almost" ghost towns from the gold & silver mining days of the late 1800's. More old building, wood this time & of course more pictures.
The highlight of this area, of course, is Yellowstone National Park. We headed out at sun-up & spent the day in awe of the beauty of the place. This is definitely a "bucket list" destination!
We toured the Old Faithful & Norris Geyser basins (caught 2 eruptions of Old Faithful) and the Mammoth Hotsprings & terraces. Each unique & amazing - geysers, hot springs, mudpots & fumaroles. Colorful, noisy (bubbling, hissing, gurgling), & sometimes smelly. We restrained ourselves & only took 300 pictures! We also saw wildlife - bison, elk, antelope & Canada geese. There were more tourists than we expected, but better I'm sure than summertime. We stayed so long that we had to drive back to the RV in the dark, breaking one of our "rules" but it was worth every minute!
We are off to Idaho today, meandering along the way & always enjoying life.
Still Living the Dream!
Finally. A post. I have been waiting for your first one. Ron and I spoke today about US/Canadian road trips, inspired by you. Actually, I spoke, he listened but whatever - it works. Thanks for inviting us along. Have tonnes of fun.
ReplyDeleteYes good to read your post. The brick home in Butte is jaw dropping, must be a multi family home now. Keep the photos and commentary coming do enjoy it. CHEERS PAT
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