BEAR TOOTH HIGHWAY

After leaving Wisconsin we traveled to Montana to visit my favorite place which is Bear Tooth Highway.  At the top, the elevation is just shy of 11,000 feet.  Half way to the top there is a fair size parking area with restrooms and a beautiful view for picture taking.  There are resident, begging chipmunks and ground squirrels.  They are not afraid of people.  At the top the road takes you into Wyoming. Both sides of the mountain look different probably due to the amount of rainfall and temperature. There is a pond/lake that I have been trying to walk down to.  We hiked the farthest we have ever gone before, but were stopped due too much mud.  All the snow was in melt mode.  I was not able to make a snow angel either, but we did bring our chairs.  We set up in the parking lot and just took in the cool, clean air and the sounds and sights.  The temperature was between 42 and 52 on the mountain, depending on how much cloud cover there was.  We had a thunder storm while on top.  That was neat to watch it come in and leave very quickly.  We also ran into a group who were back country riding on horseback with several pack horses.  We learned this was one of Ken McNabb's week long schooling trips.  What a wonderful trip this was!  God is good.