The only bad part of a long day of road-tripping like Dad and I just completed is the part where I only had about 1 hour of sleep the night prior. I DO NOT recommend this. Although a certain amount of adrenaline and excitement was in my veins, I struggled much of the day to stay awake. Dad did better...but had about 4.5 hours of sleep the night before.
Anyway, it is currently Saturday AM, and we are sitting in a Hampton Inn in
Bozeman, MT as I write this. We are 1300 miles from home...which took about 20 total hours, 18 of that actual driving. Our first major stop was in Mitchell, SD, where we enjoyed a Perkin's breakfast along with numerous duck and pheasant hunters. We then made a quick run into the Mitchell Cabela's store...to refresh our memories on what elk look like...and make a few last minute purchases.
Back on the road, eastern and central South Dakota is not much to look at (no offense, Duke). The scenery did not get interesting until we reached the Black Hills area, save for the Missouri River crossing mid-state. We stayed on I-90 through Wyoming, up to where it catches I-94 about an hour into Montana. Saw quite a good number of antelope, and a few deer in Wyoming. The final leg of our journey was from Billings to Bozeman. The first 80 miles of this section of highway was shockingly thick with mule deer, antelope, and elk. We stopped counting at around 300 deer, 300 antelope, and 25 elk. There is an old adage in hunting...."Hunt where the deer are"....I guess this area would be a good place to hunt.
We were met (thanks to a little pre-planning) at our hotel in Bozeman by a friend of mine at GE who lives here in town. Mike Hall became our tour guide for a couple hours, as we headed to historic downtown Bozeman for a great dinner and good conversation. Mike said that much of the high-country already has a few inches of snow on the ground....which is a good thing as it drives the elk to lower elevations.
We have about 2.5 - 3 hours of drive to the Lodge...and plan to make that trek starting around 10:00 this morning. Look for next post tonight or tomorrow night...
....and feel free to add comments if you wish. Simply click on the COMMENT link at the end of each post.
Anyway, it is currently Saturday AM, and we are sitting in a Hampton Inn in
Bozeman, MT as I write this. We are 1300 miles from home...which took about 20 total hours, 18 of that actual driving. Our first major stop was in Mitchell, SD, where we enjoyed a Perkin's breakfast along with numerous duck and pheasant hunters. We then made a quick run into the Mitchell Cabela's store...to refresh our memories on what elk look like...and make a few last minute purchases.Back on the road, eastern and central South Dakota is not much to look at (no offense, Duke). The scenery did not get interesting until we reached the Black Hills area, save for the Missouri River crossing mid-state. We stayed on I-90 through Wyoming, up to where it catches I-94 about an hour into Montana. Saw quite a good number of antelope, and a few deer in Wyoming. The final leg of our journey was from Billings to Bozeman. The first 80 miles of this section of highway was shockingly thick with mule deer, antelope, and elk. We stopped counting at around 300 deer, 300 antelope, and 25 elk. There is an old adage in hunting...."Hunt where the deer are"....I guess this area would be a good place to hunt.
We were met (thanks to a little pre-planning) at our hotel in Bozeman by a friend of mine at GE who lives here in town. Mike Hall became our tour guide for a couple hours, as we headed to historic downtown Bozeman for a great dinner and good conversation. Mike said that much of the high-country already has a few inches of snow on the ground....which is a good thing as it drives the elk to lower elevations.We have about 2.5 - 3 hours of drive to the Lodge...and plan to make that trek starting around 10:00 this morning. Look for next post tonight or tomorrow night...
....and feel free to add comments if you wish. Simply click on the COMMENT link at the end of each post.
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