Our morning breakfast stop at Three Forks, MT
Candy and Rick like to get out of town whenever possible, so Saturday morning we hit the road, heading north. We stopped at Three Forks for a great breakfast , sitting outside, enjoying the sunshine. Then we backtracked just a bit to see the Missouri Headwaters State Park, where there were people playing in the water, deer jumping through the grass, and the remains of an old town called Gallatin City. Judy was intrigued by the sign that showed where buildings used to be located because there was an Akin house and barn….although she doesn’t know of any relatives that lived in Montana.
A mural of earlier times on a building
We headed north on highway 287, then east on 12 towards a forest service campground they had been to before called Skidway. It was a beautiful campground, and had only about 3 other occupied campsites. We were able to get a site that accommodated both Howie and Goldie, and Candy and Rick set up their new screen house so we could enjoy being outside and not be eaten up by the bugs. We were so impressed with this screen house that we later bought one for ourselves.
The English teacher in Judy
Candy, Rick and Harris went for a bike ride up the hill and onto a cross country ski trail. Candy and Rick kept Harris going by promising him it was just a “little further”…They arrived back at camp hot, sweaty and happy that they had made it!
The Missouri headwaters
Harris and Rick cooked a great dinner of chicken and brats, corn on the cob and carrots. Rick brought out a big tub of candy we quickly named “the evil”…almonds and cherries covered in dark chocolate…sinful indeed.
Kyle, Keith, and Tasha???
It had been a hot day, into the 90’s, and then a thunderstorm broke out. We started playing cards outside, but finally had to move into Howie to finish. Judy actually won one game (in spite of Candy’s delusions) of Chicago Rummy and Harris beat us all at hearts. The night was so beautiful..away from lights and noise..after the clouds cleared out the stars were spectacular.
It looks so easy...
Harris made us all a terrific breakfast of eggs and leftover brats. We took a walk down the road and up a hill that we think was someone’s long driveway, and packed up to leave. After the hot walk, Candy was hankering for a chocolate malt of all things, so we drove a bit more to White Sulphur Springs and actually found a café that served them!
The Akin barn
Then it was time to say goodbye to our good friends and thank them for their great hospitality. We headed north towards Glacier National Park, and they headed south towards their home. We are camping at a municipal park outside of Shelby that we found in spite of the very poor directions in our AAA book. It has some shade and electricity… a good thing since it was 95 again!
Harris feeling proud!
The view at the top of the bike ride
The "Happy Campers" Candy, Rick, Judy, and Harris
Total miles driven today=204
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