East Across Montana

August 2nd, 2010 - Our original plan was to continue south to Yellowstone and the Tetons, but we've been overwhelmed by the crowds of people after being accustomed to the wide open spaces of the far north. The idea of wading through people at Yellowstone is just not enticing. We'll save it as an excuse to drag the trailer back west someday.

The new plan is to drive straight east to the Dakotas to see the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, and anything else we stumble upon which looks interesting.

Leaving Glacier National Park behind us via US85:




The earth recovering from fire as far as the eye can see:


Browning, Montana is the capital of the Blackfeet Nation. Decorations on posts and dogs running free:












Traveling east across the northern part of Montana on US Route 2 from Browning.

Shelby, Montana stradles US2. It's an interesting looking old prairie town. The Roxy theater is on the left with three high rooves.


Grain dominates the land and the economy. The terrain is open and rolling. We see why they call this "big sky country":