After eleven days at the Craig Trout Camp, we finally got on the road again this morning. The route to Bozeman took us to Helena again where we turned east on US 12. East of the city, the land leveled out with much farmland and fewer mountains, mostly grass covered with few trees. In Townsend where we were beside Canyon Ferry Lake, we crossed the Missouri River once more. The land south of Townsend was mostly open fields with the occasional wheat field and even a big field of potatoes. Again, we love the golden color of the fields and hills and the openness of the land and sky with some form of mountains always on the horizon.
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| They Were Celebrating Our Leaving Craig |
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| Canyon Ferry Lake |
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| Potato Fields |
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| The Wheat Fields Look Ripe to Me |
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| We Are Starting to See Sage Brush |
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| Bridger Mountains are Hazy Due to Smoke |
At Three Forks where we got on I-90, the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin Rivers all meet to form the headwaters of the Missouri River. We have been following the Missouri off and on since we crossed the Mississippi River in May and will miss seeing this beautiful piece of water that flows for such a great distance.
The day is partly cloudy but like the past few weeks, the distances that we can see are much less than when we first got out here. We don't get much news as we travel but suspect the haziness is due to wildfires west of us. We expect that this is very common in the west in the summertime. It is interesting for us to note that they call them wildfires and not forest fires. Unlike the east, the fires are as likely to be in grassland as in forests and due to the desert like conditions, the trees that do grow often are spaced far apart.
We arrived at Peaches and Harold's early afternoon. They are out from town a ways and have nine acres that are mostly this beautiful golden grassland with nice green lawns around the house. We gave them the fifty cent tour of the motorhome and visited awhile before they took us on the dollar tour of Bozeman. Bozeman is a college town and like the University of Maine, the University of Montana is an agricultural college. It is a beautiful campus and is where Peaches used to work. We drove to the Main Street and got out and walked a few blocks, browsing the stores and checking out the elaborate lobby of an old hotel that now houses one of Ted Turner's restaurants. It is a really nice downtown area with lots of art galleries, restaurants and upscale shops. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera.
Hamburgers by Harold for dinner with fresh from the garden green salad, pasta salad and my bean salad to go with them. Good food and good company for the evening.
The day is partly cloudy but like the past few weeks, the distances that we can see are much less than when we first got out here. We don't get much news as we travel but suspect the haziness is due to wildfires west of us. We expect that this is very common in the west in the summertime. It is interesting for us to note that they call them wildfires and not forest fires. Unlike the east, the fires are as likely to be in grassland as in forests and due to the desert like conditions, the trees that do grow often are spaced far apart.
We arrived at Peaches and Harold's early afternoon. They are out from town a ways and have nine acres that are mostly this beautiful golden grassland with nice green lawns around the house. We gave them the fifty cent tour of the motorhome and visited awhile before they took us on the dollar tour of Bozeman. Bozeman is a college town and like the University of Maine, the University of Montana is an agricultural college. It is a beautiful campus and is where Peaches used to work. We drove to the Main Street and got out and walked a few blocks, browsing the stores and checking out the elaborate lobby of an old hotel that now houses one of Ted Turner's restaurants. It is a really nice downtown area with lots of art galleries, restaurants and upscale shops. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera.
Hamburgers by Harold for dinner with fresh from the garden green salad, pasta salad and my bean salad to go with them. Good food and good company for the evening.
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