Yuki (and Brody's) RV Adventures: August 2019

Greetings from beautiful Montana,

On our way to Montana, we stopped in southeastern Idaho and toured the Idaho Potato Museum

It was interesting to see some of the old equipment like this potato planter

and potato sorter.

Lucky for me, visiting the museum made Dad hungry for a baked potato so I got to have some for dinner too!

Our next stop was Bozeman, Montana. Yuki had been there with Mom and Dad in 2009 and he told me the city had really grown, but still has that western charm.

One day we packed a picnic lunch and took a drive through the Gallatin Valley. It was a very scenic drive along the beautiful Gallatin River where Robert Redford filmed "A River Runs Through It"

We drove on to the Big Sky Ski Resort stopping to get a view of the imposing Lone Pine Mountain

Big Sky is a huge and beautiful resort complex, lots of money here!

Big Ski is known as "The Biggest Skiing in America" - and I agree!

This gondola goes all the way to the top of the 11,166 foot peak. They were offering free rides today - but no dogs allowed.

I was so excited to get there as Yuki had told me the last time he was there he got to run all around the meadow. Too bad there were too many people for dad to let me run free like Yuki did. I had to be content with the leash.

On the way home we stopped by the river for, you guessed it, my favorite thing - a picnic! Hey, where is the food?

That's more like it,

After lunch, we watched a trio of rafts launch into the river

I jumped down on the rocks to get a better view but I thought I saw a lizard, so that was much more interesting.

A great day!

Dad was happy to visit two of the many breweries in Bozeman. First stop was Bridger Brewery.

They had the most delicious pizza 1/2 buffalo sausage and the other 1/2 lamb sausage. Makes me hungry just to look at it. Luckily they brought back some to share with me.

Yuki and I had to stay home when they visited the MAP Brewery.

Dad said it was the most scenic brewery he has ever been to. This was the view from the patio. Hey, wait a minute, is that dogs I see? No fair!

I loved our views from our campground at night.

Our next stop was Missoula, the home of the University of Montana - a great college town in a beautiful setting between the mountains. The Clark Ford River runs right through the town.

I am ready and waiting to go on our drive the Bitterroot Valley

stopping to visit St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Fr. Pierre De Smet, a Jesuit priest.

I was looking forward to another picnic - but Dad had other plans for lunch.

Maybe he will sign up for the Yoga class. Ha HA!

However, my favorite part of Missoula was our campground.

There was lots of grass and plenty of room for our coach

and best of all a huge playground for kids and dogs!

Hey, how did I get up here

It sure looks like a long way down.

Yuki and I really liked Montana and can't wait to come back.

Mom, Dad Yuki and I want to give a special shout out to our dear friend, Rosalie.

We think about her every day and send her our love.

Adios,
Brody & Yuki

Greetings from the beautiful Flaming Gorge,
Somehow mom missed getting me in the picture - so you will just have to use your imagination as I was there! The unspoiled natural playground of Flaming Gorge Country straddles Wyoming and Utah. We stayed on the Utah side and took some drives around the Gorge taking in the beautiful views.

As Yuki's sea legs are not what they used to be, I was a good brother and stayed home with him while Mom, Dad, Jerry, and Charlie went boating on the Gorge. A special thanks to Jerry's sister. She met Rick when she visited the Gorge last year and she arranged for him to take us out in his boat.