Escape to the Wild (Day 7 – Snow)

Today marks the halfway point of our vacation.  It also marks the second leg with us on our way to Montana and Wyoming.  So, after a nice morning with Jamee, we were off to Bozeman, MT.  The flight was uneventful until we started our descent into the airport, which is when we hit some very high winds.  The plane was tossing back and forth violently as the pilot tried to maintain control, landing hard but successfully.  As we left the airport, we were greeted with a heavy snowstorm, blanketing everything in a thick layer of white. 

The road to the hotel winds through the Gallatin Range, a beautiful part of the Rocky Mountains, covered in a blanket of green lodgepole pine trees dusted with the recent snow.  The highway picks up the Gallatin River and follows it all the way up to Big Sky.  The looming mountains, the swift-flowing river, and the blowing snow made for a beautiful scene.

Buck’s T-4 Lodge leaves a lot to be desired.  The rooms and interior look cheaper than portrayed in the photos.  We could probably make do, but it is also about an hour away from Yellowstone National Park, where we intend to spend the majority of our time here.  So, we’ll be canceling the rest of our stay and looking for something closer to the park.

For dinner, we went to the Riverside Grill, which serves Texas-style barbeque.  The view from the restaurant looks out at the Gallatin River, and we got to watch the snow fall as we ate our food.  The food was pretty good.  The sweet tea was amazing (it could have been withdrawal, since this is the first sweet tea I’ve had in a week)!  It was so good, I put away two 24-ounce mason jars of it, and got a glass to go.  Needless to say, after the food and the exorbitant amount of sweet tea, I was miserable.  So, here I sit moaning while I catch up on my writing.