We departed Shelby and headed south hoping to make it to Dillon. The weather was OK but we hit areas with lots of smoke and dark skies somewhere south of Helena. We continued on through Butte and The Berkeley Pit which which also had a bit of a dark sky
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Lewis and Clark RV Park – Shelby, Montana
And we are out of here! After weeks of running around the prairies in Alberta and Vancouver in British Columbia we are heading south to Montana. Off we go. Goodbye to all and thanks for everything! Heading south through Alberta we passed the farms many of which are newly combined
Continue readingGlacier National Park – Montana – Out and About
Glacier National Park has four areas with separate entrances. They consist of Going to the Sun, Many Glacier, Two Medicine, and North Fork. Each entrance requires a vehicle reservation (for one day only) during the summer from 6am to 3pm AND the usual park entrance fee. A vehicle reservation is
Continue readingWest Glacier KOA – West Glacier, Montana
We departed Flathead Lake and drove north through Flathead County to the western edge of Glacier National Park passing by beautiful ranches and small towns with cute little shops. The West Glacier KOA sits about 3 miles from the western entrance of Glacier National Park and is a perfect location
Continue readingFlathead Lake State Park – Lakeside, Montana
It’s a short drive from Thompson Falls to Lakeside and as we drove Hwy 200 to Plains we soaked in the beautiful scenery, the farmland, and the rivers. As we headed north on Highway 28 we spotted a motor home identical to ours. We rarely, if ever, actually never, see
Continue readingThompson Falls State Park – Thompson Falls, Montana
We departed Farragut State Park and headed north to Sandpoint and then east on Highway 200. This is one of our favorite roads to drive as it follows along the Clark Fork River and through some magnificent scenery. There are a few pull offs along the river which worked out
Continue readingClark Canyon Reservoir – Dillon, Montana
We departed northern Idaho and made our way east into Montana and then south on I-15 heading to Dillon. Along the way we stopped at our usual spots such as the rest areas in Anaconda and Alberton. Of course, we saw some wildlife along the way with the pronghorns and
Continue readingCampground St. Regis – St. Regis, Montana
Welcome to St. Regis! St. Regis is a small tourist town in western Montana that offers a golf course, a visitor information center, a few restaurants, and a community park. There was even a fresh cherry stand set up in town. It has 2 campgrounds which are Campground St. Regis
Continue readingMissoula KOA – Missoula, Montana
In our last post we were spending a few days in Elk Bend, Idaho during the Moose Fire north of Salmon, Idaho. We were unsure if we could continue north as planned to Missoula. We waited it out a few days to see if the wildfire would switch directions, get
Continue readingPolson, Montana – Out and About
It is about a 5 minute drive from the Polson KOA to downtown Polson which is a small town (about 5,000 people) on the southern end of Flathead Lake. It has a nice downtown area with a weekly farmer’s market (in the summer), some breweries, restaurants, stores, golf courses, boat
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