Moose Creek Flats Campground, MT

Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday, but we had no service and probably won't for a while. I will post as I am able.

We left Choteau after our camp breakfast of yogurt, bananas, and poptarts. It was a warm day, and the drive was really gorgeous. Montana is really pretty, especially in the plains north of Helena.

We stopped in Helena for gas and a few groceries. Then we had a picnic lunch by the Missouri River at York Island. York was a member of the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery. He was a slave and a black man whose skills made him invaluable. After the mission, he was finally granted his freedom, but it took 5 long years.

We headed south from I-90 to our campground on the Gallatin River. It's in a deep, narrow canyon, and the Gallatin is rushing steps away. We arrived at about 2:30 pm and it was hot and sunny. Our campsite is in the full sun, so I rigged up a makeshift shade with a tarp, poles, and some zip ties.

Then a cloud appeared, the skies opened up, and it rained for 2 hours. Finally about 6 pm the sun reappeared and I cooked us a steak and potatoes for supper.

This morning, we were up at 6 am to return to Bozeman for a haircut. The traffic heading south on a Monday morning was very heavy as people returned to work in the resort towns of Big Sky and West Yellowstone. We saw a moose standing in the river on the trip.

After breakfast and a haircut, we'll head back and move to Baker's Hole Campground for 2 days near West Yellowstone.En savoir plus