Hot Rocks

Started heading north on Rt 191 after leaving Vernal. The drive took us through the Uinta Mountains and Flaming “George”Gorge. A little steep for the pulling the Biff and we had to pull over for a bit to let the breaks cool down. We didn’t mind, the view was fantastic.

Originally, we were planning on taking some time to see Yellowstone National Park but we opted out and decided to head towards Glacier National Park and spend a few more days there instead. Jack and I were in YNP few years ago and figured it would be too crowded. We cut through the southwest corner of Wyoming on some back roads and on to Rt 30 in Idaho up to a little tourist trap type town called Lava Hot Springs. I have mixed feelings about the place. They have some natural hot springs and a pretty sunken garden. The place has its charm but apparently this is a big destination for families. They have a giant pool and water slide complex and are big into tubing on the Portneuf River that runs through town. Like all the rivers so far on the trip the Portneuf was swift and swollen and way too dangerous for tubing this time around. We stayed at the KOA right off Rt 30, it had the required railroad tracks across the road and a billion kids running around the place. It was noisy! Plus the cotton wood trees where snowing and making mess out of everything. There are some little hotels and plenty of RV parks in town. If I didn’t need to do laundry, I would have opted for one of the older RV parks that looked like they may have been quieter. I suggest avoiding the place in the summer when kiddos are out of school.

We headed out on Sunday (Father’s Day and Matt’s birthday) to Montana and the big sky country. We did an overnighter in Garrison at a pretty RV park off the beaten path. Great views and quiet at last! Next stop the land the glaciers carved out.