{"id":99,"date":"2017-05-31T22:53:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T02:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truckcampertravels.119ee91.netsolhost.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2017-05-31T22:53:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T02:53:01","slug":"great-falls-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Great Falls, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, we’ve missed a few days since the 28th, but we have an excuse – no internet. We left the air base in Grand Forks and made a long winding run to Medora, ND and the Theodore Roosevelt National Park where we spent two nights. The park is beautiful but I’ll let the pictures tell that tale.<\/p>\n

Wild horses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The Badlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Cactus coming into bloom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Buffalo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Amazing rock formations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Whole herds of buffalo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Antelope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Incredible vistas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
And of course our favorite rodent, the prairie dog.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is just a small sample but the beauty of the Badlands and the wildlife is hard to describe or capture in a few pictures. And the beauty there is uninterrupted by electronics (no cell service – period). So we unplugged for two days and enjoyed the peace and quiet.<\/p>\n

Today we left the park and 400 miles later find ourselves in Great Falls, Montana where we are spending the night in the driveway of a friend we met through a Ford Truck forum. They have been most gracious hosts, feeding us dinner and providing us a place to crash after a long day.<\/p>\n

As we traveled from ND to MT the terrain began to change. At first, the landscape was just huge open fields. But little by little we got into rolling hills and more vegetation. Things began to green up.<\/p>\n

One can appreciate the phrase “big sky country” after driving across much of Montana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rolling hills and more and more vegetation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The approach to Great Falls shows us what the settlers must have wondered at as they crossed the plains. We are headed into the mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are tired from a long day at the wheel in warm weather. The temperature coming into town hit 91 degrees – not what we expected this close to the mountains. But the weather has cooperated unlike at home, where rain has been the norm. Tomorrow we begin to assault the mountains – Glacier National Park, Kalispell and 93 north to Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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