July 22-23….It was yet another interesting weather day as we got into Montana. It started out beautiful and within a matter of about 15 minutes we drove into a horrible storm. There was very large lightning bolts coming straight down, massive rain, and tornado like clouds. Thankfully the kids were being excellent in the back seat so I was frantically looking things up on our phones (thank goodness for Iphones). Everything posted about this storm was not good for a family driving through. They said it was extremely dangerous and it would be best to seek , shelter…well, in the middle of Montana there isn’t much shelter, so we just kept driving. This was the most scared we had been in the car. We didn’t know if we should stop, turn around, or just drive through as fast as we could. Andy did a great job and got us through. It was about an hour of getting through and then just like that we were back in blue sky. We arrived in Billings in time for dinner, a swim, some laundry, and a family game. Allie had a throw up incident right before bed, so I had the joy of cleaning that mess up in the hotel room and trying to wash out all the clothes. It was just one of those fun adventures on a road trip!!
We woke up Saturday ready to make our drive to Yellowstone. It was a beautiful drive through mountains and valleys all the way to Yellowstone. We started off by passing through an old town that was having a car show. The kids loved seeing all the old cars lining the streets. After the town we started our way up the mountain. It was one of my favorite drives of the trip. There were breathtaking views, beautiful mountain peaks, green meadows a top of the mountains, bright blue pools of water, and snow capped mountains. We passed through Wyoming on our drive and then ended up back in Montana.
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