"I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect....even some affection, but Montana, it's love...!"
John Steinbeck
AMEN!!
We love everything about Montana; the scenery breath taking, the people SO friendly and caring.
We parked the motor home at the bottom of the mountains at a KOA, 63 miles from the entrance to Yellowstone National Park and took the jeep into the mountains. We had purchased a Season National Park Pass last year when we went to Big Bend, and since we traveled later in the year it is still good. It is working out well since we are visiting so many more National Parks this year.
I packed an overnight bag and we decided if we were too involved in the park instead of traveling back to the motor home we would just stay in the park and do another day.
We took advice from the owner of the RV resort and headed up Bear Tooth Pass. The road winds 32 miles up the mountain and is a white knuckle ride all the way up. Once we reached the top (where Salt saw the only snow he will see this winter.....I hope) we stopped at a little store called The Top of the World . We grabbed some buffalo jerky and beef sticks for Matthew and a cup of coffee for ourselves and headed back down the opposite side of the pass.
What a trip....the road was full of hairpin turns and around every corner was a view more beautiful than the previous one. It was full of mountain lakes all of them as blue as the Caribbean! The fall colors are just starting to bite at the trees and bushes and we have been blessed with sunshine and low 70 degree weather....perfect for hiking.This is Tower Falls, one of the many beautiful waterfalls gracing the park.
.Since the elk are in rut right now, we were able to see many of them out feeding right before dusk. there were also herds and herds of Buffalo!
Since the night was creeping in and we were a little leery of the unfamiliar mountain roads we decided to stop for the night. We slipped just outside of the park into the little town of Gardner, where we stayed in this little very rustic cabin. 
2 comments:
we drove through bear tooth pass last summer too.. .we went from Cody Wyoming, into Yellowstone! it was awesome... that's where we did the christmas card! I'm loving that i know where you are, it makes me remember the great summer vacation we had... will you be heading south from yellowstone? the tetons near jackson are breathtaking... the best!!!
We are going to the Tetons but not until after we do Glacier National Park....everyone says Yellowstone is just a prelude to Glacier....and the Tetons....can't wait!
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