Long day yesterday for us old folks ... Green River, UT, to Dillon, MT. Pretty, though, with lots of vast expanses of green across the valleys. Not counting the 80+ miles of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area!
From there on, though, it was pretty smooth sailing and lovely open country. After we decided not to push it beyond Dillon, MT, we gave ourselves leave to look around a little and take pics. Sandy got some good ones of downtown Spencer, Idaho, where we stopped for gas.
The kicker, though, has to be Monida, Montana, just over Monida Pass into MT. The first thing you see from the south is a school bus graveyard ... dozens of school buses rusting together atop the Continental Divide in the middle of nowhere.
The bus cemetery is out of sight to the left of the top pic of Monida in its setting. Notice the patch of snow BELOW us! I wondered if the little log cabins in the lower picture were early tourist cabins? We didn't stay there; went on to the KOA campground in Dillon, MT and slept really well.
Spokane or bust today! tv
3 comments:
Love those shots! Doesn't even the SKY in Montana seem LARGER??
Yep, Salt Lake City...we avoid that at all costs. What a trip just to get around it and thank goodness there is a rest area (or at least USE to be) once you are finally out of the congestion! I don't drink beer but I sure could have used one after that drive! But WE were headed in the opposite direction of what you were going so maybe there's no rest area at the end of your trip out into the less hussle and bustle??
I worked in Dillon too. Dang but you don't get around in my old stomping grounds.
Love that picture of Monida from the backside. Stood right where you took it about 4 years ago.
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