Day 28 & Day 29

Day 28

West Glacier, MT to Dillon, MT

Total Miles:300

Total Distance: 3,820

Our Route:

We set out of West Glacier heading back toward Columbia Heights on hwy 2.  We took a scenic hwy 206 for a few miles to hwy 35. Hwy 35 was said to be very scenic as well. 

A two lane road that runs beside by Flathead Lake. It was smoky from all the wildfires, but still very interesting. 

Near Polson, MT, we picked up hwy 93 again heading south. Just west of Missoula, MT, we found I-90.

We passed through Deer Lodge and Butte, where we then picked up I-15.

We stayed at Southside RV Park in Dillon, MT. The lady at the office was just as nice as she could be. She was so talkative and friendly too. 

She told us she was a history buff and loved to research family histories through DAR. She even looked up things up for the Crisp Family Name and brought the information to us. 

She gave Adam a ride on her 4-wheeler. He was so pleased. 

 The sunset tonight was especially lovely. 

Day 29

Dillon, MT to Ogden, UT

Total Miles: 320

Total Distance: 4,140

Our Route:

We took I-15 all the way south through the southern part of MT, all the way through Idaho and into UT.

We passed over the Snake River, which we remember taking a float trip down when we visited the Tetons a few years ago. 

Then Paw got out the map and he traced it all the way from the Tetons to where we were on I-15. 

Pretty neat. Maybe you should too?

For lunch, we stopped at a road side rest stop. I was thinking, we could eat a quick bite for lunch and let us all get out to stretch out legs and then be back on the road again.

Well, 

I didn't know we had stopped at such an interesting place. We had to check it out...

The lava flowed out of giant fissures in the earth's crust. Not from a volcano. It oozed out and then cooled quickly on the top forming a crust. 

The lava flow is called Pahoehoe.

This area is also called a "high desert". There are sage brush growing here.

A one mile nature walk

We had to explore it.

Juniper berries.

After our delay, we made it to Utah!!

The mountains of Utah

Even this area has seen lots of smoke from the Idaho wildfires. Not so bad this week though, we were told.

The mountains here have red in them. Don't know what kind of trees they are, but they are quite beautiful. We are used to the yellow Quaking Aspens from the northern states and Canada. 

Our campground tonight is in Ogden, UT. It's next to the interstate, but has a heated pool and hot tub. We are excited to relax in it before supper. 

Tomorrow, another long drive down to Bryce Canyon.