Passages along the way:  A note must be made of our drive from Glacier to Yellowstone via Montana’s scenic highway, US-287.  This was a beautiful drive as we tracked south along the eastern edge of the great Rocky Mountains.  The scenery awed us for over 500 miles, giving full meaning to the “Big Sky” motto of Montana! 

Even though two lanes, the highway is practically a straight line through rolling grasslands and hills at a legal 70mph.  As we approached Helena for the night, US-287 merged with Interstate-15 for a few miles.  We passed more cars within one mile of entering I-15 than we had seen for the previous 250 miles of US-287!

South of Helena the weather turned gray as rain and snow showers greeted us.  We picked up US-191, parallel to -287, and followed the raging Gallatin River for over 40 miles as we climbed towards the western entrance of Yellowstone in West Yellowstone, MT.

This drive reinforced an observation from this trip - when you have the chance, get off the interstate and see the USA!

Odometer: 10,503 miles.

US-287 between Glacier and Helena, MT

US-191 between Helena and West Yellowstone, MT