Bob's Rocky Mountain Blog

Becky’s Trip Day Five September 30, 2019 Although the forecast had given us some hope that Becky might be able to view the Bighorn Mountains, such was not to be. Old mother nature just...

Day Four: We still hoped to see the Big Horn Mountains and with the weather forecast for Monday, September 30, being one of partly cloudy with some periods of sunshine, we decided to spend...

Becky’s Trip Day Three If adjustments must be made to itineraries on the fly during shoulder seasons in the Rocky Mountains, it is important to give greatest consideration to traffic chokepoints, specifically the weather...

Day Two: September 27, 2019 On the second day, we decided to do a complete circuit of the Crazy Mountains and, of course, the famed Beartooth Mountains were on the way. Cloud cover from...

  Day One Our friend Becky was supposed to arrive on Wednesday, September 26, 2019. However, she was unable to travel until the next day. That did not matter. Due to the massive early-fall...

BECKY’S TRIP Doug’s Notes On Tuesday, September 24, Doug and I returned from our first fall-foliage trip of 2019. The drive to the Rocky Mountain Front range was a good reconnoiter for a sense...

Day Three: When we woke up, on the morning of September 24th, Doug and I knew it was time to head home, back to Billings. This was Tuesday, and we were expecting our friend,...

Day Two: After having a nice breakfast at the Perkins Restaurant in Great Falls we headed west to the Rocky Mountain Front. In S. A. Snyder’s Scenic Driving MONTANA, this is Scenic Drive #22...

Day One: When we left for destinations in north central Montana, we did so to reconnoiter for an upcoming trip with our friend Becky. I first met Becky, in 1991, when we were deputies...

Introduction: On Sunday, September 22, my brother and I started our 2019 Fall Foliage Tour, which encompassed portions of Montana and Wyoming. In late September and early October of 2007, Doug and our good...