We love driving through Nevada. It is one of our favorite areas with long deserted roads and beautiful scenery. What more could you ask for? We eventually head into Valley of Fire State Park, an area we have visited many, many times and is one of our favorites. We cannot get enough of this place. Campground: Atlatl Campground …
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Our goal, as we headed to southern Nevada, was to find a campground with electric so we could run our A/C. Yes, we are spoiled. It was still really hot out in the south as it was early September. We had our eyes set on Cathedral Gorge State Park campground, which has electric, but they had a flash flood earlier …
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We headed south through Idaho and on to northern Utah past the northern most part of the Great Salt Lake and on to Nevada to Wendover. The drive was a lovely drive with no other vehicles to be seen. We stopped on the border of Utah and Nevada for lunch and a short walk. It was a great drive from …
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Massacre Rocks State Park sits right along I-86 in Idaho and is nestled into a canyon along the Snake River. Is is named after an Indian skirmish with two pioneer emigrant trains in 1862 and sits along the Oregon and California Trails. The State Park is easily accessible from the interstate and provides 2 campgrounds (upper and lower campgrounds), a …
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We continued our journey south through Montana and continued to see the smokey skies from the British Columbia fires. We were passed by a caravan of fire crews from Nevada and Arizona that must have been further north helping others. Thank you. Clark canyon Reservoir Recreation Area, which sits just west of I-15 south of Dillon, Montana, has 8 …
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Prewett Creek RV Park and Campground is off of I-15 just south of Cascade, Montana. It actually sits behind the Prewett Creek Inn and Missouri Inn Restaurant and Bar of which neither are part of the campground. Continue driving behind the inn through an opening in the fence and there is a small building on the right for self …
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We headed north on highway 87 to 191 from Billings via Roundup to the Upper Missouri River Break National Monument area. Along the Missouri River on Highway 191 is the James Kipp Recreation Area which has a campground and boat launch. Campground: James Kipp National Recreation Area Location: Winifred, Montana (further east along the Missouri River) Site: A-5 …
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We stopped by Billings for a night to allow us some access to banking and shopping facilities. There are not many choices for parking a rig overnight even though Cabela’s along I-90 is an option. It was extremely hot and humid and we opted for hookups to allow us to run our A/C. Who knew Montana was so hot …
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Garryowen is the site of the 2 day battle in June 1876 between the US Army’s 7th Cavalry and the Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux warriors. Leading the battle at this location on the US Army side was Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer along with Major Reno and Captain Benteen. The Cheyenne and Lakota warriors were being led by Crazy Horse, …
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Welcome to Montana and Crow Country! The home of the Crow Indian Reservation and the location of the Little Bighorn Battle of June 1876 often referred to as Custer’s Last Stand. 7th Ranch RV Camp is located just off I-90 on Reno Creek Rd. The RV park is just south of the Custer Battlefield and very close to Reno’s …
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