Big Sky and two passes

We completed our trip through Montana today and arrived in Idaho late this afternoon.We towed over 300 miles and crossed two passes - Lookout Pass at the Montana/Idaho border and 4th of July Pass just to the east of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Tomorrow we will be visiting our daughter Marlene and our three grand kids - Elizabeth, James & Thomas. It will be so good to be with family for the next two days.

Butte was beautiful when we left this morning.

Not too far down the road is Anaconda and shown on the Montana map is the Anaconda Smoke Stake. See it right in the middle at the bottom of the picture?It might not look like much in the picture, but it was BIG when viewed from the road. I guess there's a lot of mining going on around here.

This western part of Montana is beautiful with mountains, steep and rolling hills and lots of trees. Everything is nice and green, too. Springtime!

Much of the way the Clark Fork River was just beside I-90. It got wider and wilder as we drove northwest before it flowed north of the highway at St. Regis, Montana.

After climbing Lookout Pass in Montana we reached the Idaho border and headed down the pass to Wallace and Kellogg, Idaho. You can practically coast across Idaho heading westward through the panhandle.

Late this afternoon we reached Coeur d'Alene. Oh, the memories!! And all good ones, too!!

Paying a visit to the Lake.