Here is my report of sorts....
I live just south of Yellowstone National Park, near the corners of WY, MT and ID. It's a wonderful area to begin a trip and it's no accident that I live here. The raw, rugged mountains and wilderness I saw in movies and read about in books as a child growing up in North Carolina, lured me to this region. It's been 14 years now that I have made this area my home and no matter where I travel, it's always a joy to return here.
Our neighboring state of Montana, is another jewel of the Rockies. The geography, the history, the rivers, the climate, the people, the wildlife and the aura of Montana cannot be described accurately. At least not by me. It must be experienced in person to truly feel the magic of Montana. But I hope you will endulge me as I try to convey to you, that magic.
So let's go to Montana....
My plan was to travel along the western border of Montana, on as many dirt trails as possible, to Glacier National Park on the US-Canadian border. I wanted to visit small towns like Ennis, Virginia City, Bannack, Wisdom, Seely Lake and Hungry Horse. I had alloted a week to make the ten hour trip from my home to Glacier NP via the many backroads that straddle the MT & ID border and it actually took 8 days. It was a solo venture. No passenger, no other trucks, no one else's timetable to worry about.
Rather than get bogged down in a lot of verbage and details, I want to share pictures of the area. If a picture is worth a thousand words, than posting pics will save me a lot of time typing. I'd be happy to answer any questions about the area or my my specific route for the curious. But as I said earlier, it would be impossible to accurately describe this trip in words. So instead, this is what I saw....
Day One - The Gravelly Range and the Madison River near Ennis
