Central Montana

Lewistown, to be exact. Just a bit northwest of Billings and 280 miles from our last stop in Terry, Montana. We elected to leave our friend I-94 in Forsyth, MT, and take US 12 northwest. From Forsyth to  Roundup, MT is 103 miles of two-lane road, surrounded by grain fields, hay fields, and ranch land.

On that 103 miles we saw exactly 40 other vehicles. Yes, we counted them...

Eleven miles of road construction slowed us down to 20 miles per hour. We felt like we were packing down the gravel for the worker guys! A pilot car led us the whole way, but had trouble slowing down to our snails pace. We didn't want to send rocks and gravel back onto the tow car.

At Roundup, we turned north on US 87, which is a much better road overall than US 12, but still had some rough spots. The countryside continually changed from rolling hills with pine trees to flat range land. Very interesting!.

This state is truly awe inspiring! The length and breadth of the "wide, open, spaces" is amazing.

Nearing our destination of Lewistown, we began to see thousands of round bales of hay. Hay in every direction!.

In Lewistown, we're site 33 of Mountain Acres Mobile Home Park and Campground. This is a great park, with wide and long spaces, good utilities, and good weather (at least this time of year). This next weekend is the annual Cowboy Poet event, but sadly, we'll be gone and on....

As we were walking Sasha tonight, we discovered a hidden treasure just across the street from our rv park. Keep in mind that Montana is known for great fishing, and this area in particular is a favorite fly fishing area. We found a perfect little river tucked into the trees. I just know that there are hundreds of fish in there!