Movin' on into Montana

We headed out today on our way to Montana. We were in search of a town that had a CVS (there are none in Wyoming) in order to get prescription refills. We had planned to go to Bozeman, but determined that we could route just a wee bit differently and drive just a little longer and make it a bit further west. Miss Doozie's states visited map got updated this evening with the addition of Montana.

The RV Garmin did not want to take us through Yellowstone (I guess it isn't a designated truck route), but we ignored it and went in through Grand Teton National Park and out through West Yellowstone.

Today was the last day to get the National Park Senior Pass for $10... I don't know if that is what the motorcyclists were paying for or not... but they sure had a long transaction!

The route we took out of West Yellowstone took us up US 287 and through the Earthquake Lake Geologic Area.

 

We stopped at an information board as we were entering the area.

  And then we stopped at the Visitor Center on the west end of Earthquake Lake.

Earthquake Lake from the Visitor Center

There were many stories from survivors of the earthquake in the Visitor Center.

The route we took was very beautiful. We took US287 to route 2 to I-90. As we got to I-90, we could see smoke coming from fires up on the mountains. After we got onto I-90, there was quite a steep climb and then a downhill into Butte. There is quite a bit of smoke in Butte...
Website with information about smoke in Montana: http://svc.mt.gov/deq/todaysair/smokereport/mostRecentUpdate.aspx
Today's information includes:

So... Butte is only "Unhealthy for sensitive groups"...

 We plan to head through Missoula and into Idaho tomorrow...