Hi All,
I got a little behind on the blog so I’m just going to put all of Montana into one post. This is not an attempt to minimize how spectacularly beautiful it was, but to simply catch up!
OK, so first we spent 3 nights in Norris, Montana at the Water of Gods Campground. This was another hot mineral springs campground, which we LOVE! We spent some time in the pool and some time exploring the area.
Southern Montana is dry, high plains and mountains. The views were amazing (as all of the west has been so far).
The site at Water of Gods was small, but we had full hookup and the views onto the wetlands and hillside were great. We could see white tail deer and cranes from our camper.
We went one day into Ennis, the closest town. Jon purchased his first fly fish pole and we checked out a local distillery which was owned and operated by some fantastic ex-Special Forces guys. Shout out to Willie’s Distillery in Ennis – they’ve got great products and are great people.
On the way back to Norris we saw our first moose, which we have been searching for since Maine. She was a beautiful momma with two babies.
One of the days we went for a nice hike in Bear Creek Canyon about 10 miles east of Norris. Thankfully, no bears were sighted.
Next stop – Great Falls, Montana for 3 nights. We stayed at the campground in Malmstrom Air Force Base. It was rainy and cold all three days. Maggie enjoyed this stay the most because lots of prairie dogs call the campground home. She spent every waking hour watching and attempting one of the critters. Unfortunately, no photos taken from base, but below are a few photos from the ride from Norris to Great Falls.
From here, we headed to Glacier National Park. The ride up was a wet one, but it cleared up in time to set up camp for the week.
We spent 7 nights in West Glacier at Glacier Campground.
My parents flew out and joined us for the week – roughing it in the tent they shipped out!
Love those two!!
We all had a great time exploring the park. On the first day we drove the “Going to the Sun Road”. Simply AMAZING.
We went for a couple of great hikes. We chose to hike the National Forest so that we could bring Maggie along with us.
We also spent some time exploring the nearby towns. We all liked the town of Whitefish and took the chairlift up to Big Mountain to get some better views.
On one of our final days we explored Lake McDonald a bit more. We took a nice boat cruise around the lake and went to Agpar Village.
Overall, we loved Montana! Not too crowded and everywhere you turn is another spectacular view. Most of all we loved that mom and dad came out and joined us for a week on our amazing journey.
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Beautiful views!! Thanks for sharing photos of your trip. I know fun was had by all. Doris
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Beautiful views!! Thanks for sharing photos of your trip. I know fun was had by all
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