The Rocky Mountains dominate the western part of the state, the Indian Reservation was east of the mountains about 40 miles, out on the hard plains. The eastern half of the state is vast mildly rolling plains.
I have very fond memories of the trip. The people were warm and inviting, the food delicious in very different ways. I remember ordering an Elk Burger in a restaurant to the horror of my colleagues. I had most of one day free, and drove into Glacier National Park from the eastern side. It was late spring, the major road through the park from east to west (the Going to the Sun road) was still buried in snow.
The photos from that trip are lost, or buried in the archive. But the images are vivid in my memory. I would gladly go back.
I spent a couple of weeks in Montana on Flathead Lake, in Dillon, and roaming in the '80s. It was beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI remember driving around Flathead Lake on the way from the airport to Browning. It was a great drive. I was never brave enough to wander the country.
DeleteI would love to visit Montana and Wyoming but now, for various reasons, I don't suppose I ever will. If you find some of your old photos of the trip, I hope you will post them.
ReplyDeleteWyoming and Idaho I did a couple of years ago, and will do Travel Tuesdays on, I will keep looking for Montana, I have four prints that are framed.
DeleteI know the state name, but I never hear news from Montana. That's probably a good thing.
ReplyDeleteIt is a deeply conservative part of the country, with not a lot of population. Not a lot happens there to make the news.
DeleteSomewhere in a box of "treasures," I have a souvenir from Glacier NP that my grandparents brought back from their travels as they traversed the U.S. towing their Holiday Rambler trailer.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days.
DeleteMany, many years ago, I spent two weeks in a small town in Montana. It was the home town of a friend and I stayed at her parent's house. I had a great time. It was beautiful countryside and welcoming people.
ReplyDeleteA neighbor of mine just returned from two weeks, at a "family farm" in Montana. She described it as 120 miles from the nearest Walmart. There are a lot of wide open spaces in this country.
DeleteBig Sky country.
ReplyDeleteI drove through Montana years back and loved the wide open spaces.