Gorgeous Country

Today we started a trip through Wyoming and South Dakota on our way from Montana to Omaha, Nebraska. Today we drove from Great Falls, through Billings, then across MT212 to Alzada and then south into Wyoming, stopping at Hulett. For those who think that eastern Montana and Wyoming are desolate country, I can only ask where you have been. This was beautiful and the trip from Alzada to Hulett is gorgeous. We had the advantage of early evening, just when the shadows are long enough to make a beautiful view spectacular.

I admit that this is not the lush green land of the humid east, nor the majestic grandeur of the Rockies. But that does not mean the country is not beautiful. The flatter lands give way to ravines and washes as you proceed east. Hay meadows snuggle up to pine tree covered ridges and rock outcroppings become yellow and red. One particular cut was a lovely purple tone. Antelope graze in sagebrush dotted prairie.

And then you start south. The sage land suddenly becomes a forest with meadows and amazing numbers of grazing deer. Time and time again, you drive over a hill or around a corner and see a gorgeous vista. My Dad would have had to come back several times to get all the pictures possible. I can tell that this is the route to take, at least if you are not traveling in winter!