Thursday, September 10, 2015

The drive from Sheridan, WY to Gardiner, MT

Today we left Wyoming and drove to Gardiner, Montana.  After driving a few hours through Montana you understand why they call this big sky country.  The mountains and valleys are very impressive to people who come from the flat lands of Indiana.

We drove up to the Rocky Mountain RV Resort at about 2:30 in the afternoon.  On the way they called us to remind us we wouldn't be admitted if we got here after 7:00 pm.  We told them no problem since they called us at noon and we were within two hours or so of arriving.  The rv resort we are staying at is at the base of a mountain and we had to spin the tires a little getting up the gravel road to the park.  The motor home did great today going up and down all of the mountain roads we were on.

The town of Gardiner is very small.  It has about five restaurants and bars, ten motels, and one market where prices are about two to three hundred percent more than your normal grocery store.  For example, bacon is $9.99 per pound and bananas were $1.39 per pound.  Glad we didn't need too much. The main thing Gardiner has going for it is the fact that it is four blocks from the Northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park.  In addition to its proximity to the park the scenery around here is very beautiful. There is a stream/river running through the middle of town.

After getting a bite to eat in Gardiner we came back to the rv resort and got a surprise visit this evening by a few elk that came to the resort to eat grass.  Oh bye the way I had elk for supper. Huli however, did not eat elk or any other wild game meat.

Here are some pictures from today's drive and a few of Gardiner.