Monthly Archives: September 1999

Pretty little resort town-very expensive. We were complaining about paying $32 for a campsite until we read the rates for motels. They range from $100-1400 per night! We walked around the shops and looked over what the rich folks buy. … Continue reading →

  What a beautiful drive through the Tetons We stayed in a National Forest campground for $6, what a deal!  

We drove into Yellowstone Park. This place is truly an “Eden”. The hills are covered with herds of bison. This must be how it looked before man arrived. There was one huge old bull that was “guarding” a female. When … Continue reading →

Rick went out for the day to go fly fishingin Yellowstone. He caught 4 trout. I puttered around and made some cards. We’ve noticed that almost every park has a hobby/general room that they encourage you to use. And there … Continue reading →

Yellowstone National Park is a wonder! We saw only a fraction of it today but the opportunity to view wildlife is amazing. We got caught in another Bison crossing. Cars were stopped in the middle of the road while the … Continue reading →

Sept 10, 1999…..Bozeman, MT         Sunrise Campground Two things of note…Ben Franklin’s craft store had a 30% sale on stamps AND there’s a Fuddruckers here! (grin) Sept 11…..Bozeman, MT                 … Continue reading →

Today we had our first mishap…a flat tire on the tow car. It was smoking pretty badly and, of course, we couldn’t see that. A rancher jumped in his pick-up and chased after us. He probably saved us from a … Continue reading →

This is the site of the old school house. I wonder now many little pigtailed girls and boys, in overalls, squealed as they rode the merry-go-round? Rick didn’t squeal but he looked like he was having fun! We went over … Continue reading →

What a gorgeous day! We went on a long rambling drive through beautiful countryside. An ‘eye stretching’ day! It seemed like you could see forever.   We had lunch in Virginia City at the neatest restaurant, called the ‘Roadmaster’. It’s … Continue reading →

It was a windy trip to Dillion but we forged on. We wanted to get one last rodeo under our belt, and this one is one of Montana’s biggest. We plunked down $30 bucks for ‘chute’ seats and it was … Continue reading →