Thursday morning was sunny and beautiful in Missoula. After taking in the hotel’s free breakfast, we checked out and drove into downtown. There, we parked at Caras Park, on the bank of the Clark Fork (of the Columbia River) and started our self-guided walking tour of the historical buildings in downtown. We also saw a couple of wake boarders in the middle of the river at the park, which was something we hadn’t seen before.
After a couple of hours of walking around the historic yet lively downtown, we departed Missoula for West Yellowstone. It was a beautiful drive on I-90 and smaller roads through Montana and Idaho. It truly is Big Sky country and was wonderfully verdant this time of year.
We reached West Yellowstone around 4 pm, and found our hotel in the middle of the town. We’ve noticed the streets are very wide and the blocks are long in Montana. Like they’re trying to fill all the wide open space they have.
We unloaded everything into our hotel room where we’ll be for the next 5 nights. After Linda made us another delicious dinner, we drove around to explore the small town and scout the entrance to the park before tomorrow’s adventure begins.
Lori's Travels 