Start Location: Mandan, ND
Ending Location: Billings, MT
Miles Today: 429
Trip Miles: 1752
States Visited: 4
National Parks Visited: 0
Low Temp: 67.7° F
High Temp: 93.7° F
Min Elevation: 1641'
Max Elevation: 3432'
Route Map:
Bismarck 2024 - Day 09
We had a great visit with Mike and Karin, including a neighborhood
fireworks show on the 3rd and then the Bismarck/Mandan Symphony on the
4th followed by another fireworks show. The weather was comfortable
most of the time with an occasional rain shower. They have a great
house and a great location - here's a view from their deck.
We
left Mandan around 9:00 and headed for Billings on what would be our
longest day so far and probably the longest for the whole trip. The
ride was uneventful for the most part. The only issue was that we got
off I 94 in Medora to get gas and when we went back to the intersection
where we got off there was no entrance going West. We ended up getting
back on going east and then pretended we were an authorized vehicle and
used one of the crossovers in the median. We didn't expect any trouble
because the traffic on I 94 was very light and when we crossed over, we
couldn't see any other vehicles in either direction.
Tomorrow
we head for the Beartooth Highway and Beartooth Pass and then on to the
east entrance to Yellowstone. This is one of our favorite rides and our
favorite entrance to Yellowstone.We are staying in West Yellowstone
tomorrow night and the ride in only a little over 200 miles. That
should give us more time to spend in Yellowstone with all of the
massive crowds.
From there we ill head for Craters of the Moon National Monument, Shoshone Falls and our destination in Twin Falls, ID.
