Meanderings along scenic backroads Our 2006 sojourn on back roads of USA and Canada

Driving through Lewis & Clark territory Aug 12, 2006

Montana, the Big Sky Coutry is true to its motto - lots and lots and lots of open land. North of Butte the empty road climbed through the thick Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Now the scenery changed to large ranches - then the ranches gave way to grain fields. This backroad meandered through rolling hills of wheat and barley with horse and cattle ranches scattered between. We passed lots of historic markers recording the Lewis & Clark trail and their encounters with the Indians. We drove through the 1.5 million acre Blackfeet reservation, so large that it spans Montana and Alberta, Canada. Glacier National Park loamed in the distance, the smoke plumes from the forest fires that plagued it all week clearly visible. We drove through miles of burnt-out trees, some areas still smoldering.

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