Thursday, June 2, 2011

Garryowen to White Sulphur Springs

It was 45° when we got up this morning at 8:00. We left 7th Ranch RV Camp at 9:30 and headed north on I-90. We crossed over the Little Bighorn River again

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and 15 minutes later crossed over the Bighorn River.

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We stopped at a rest area about 20 west of Hardin and saw this historic sign about the Buffalo Country.

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I-90 wound through rolling hills on the way to Billings.

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We crossed over the Yellowstone River at Billings

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After Billings we saw snow covered mountains in the west. The first mountain range we saw was the Beartooth Mountains which rise up over 12,000 feet and is the highest mountain range in Montana.

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We stopped for lunch at a rest area near Park City and saw this trailer loaded with all different types of stuff.

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We were now looking at the Crazy Mountains to the north of I-90 and the highest peak, Crazy Peak, is 11,214 feet and there are 23 peaks that are over 10,000 feet. Just Beautiful!

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We exited I-90 about 20 miles west of Big Timber and drove north on US-89 through farm and ranch land.

We stopped at this historic site above Shields River Valley to look at the "Thunder Jack" statue honoring the early mountain men who came to this area.

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On US-89 we saw widely spaced cattle ranches and we would drive for miles before we saw another vehicle.

We arrived at Conestoga Campground in White Sulphur Springs a little before 3:30.

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We are in site #6 which is a pull-through with 50 amp electric and full  hook-ups. We are staying here under our Coast to Coast membership. There is a $3 utility fee ($3.70 with tax) and that is all it is costing us. We are using 1,000 of our Coast to Coast camping points. We "purchased" the points with points from our Good Sam credit card, so except for the $3.70 our site is free.

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We have a GREAT view through our windshield of the Big Belt Mountains.

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