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DAY SEVEN continued... Ace's pictures and comments above are exactly why I had wanted to get the group up there. I am so jealous Ace! While Ace and Gary are up at the lakes the rest of us continue our lazy ways down below. At some point in time Gary shows up and sets up camp. He gives us the...

DAY SEVEN, another easy day in camp. The nights up here are cool. The days so far have been sunny. The smoke hardly noticeable. I'm beginning to notice that at my age this slightly higher elevation taps a bit of my endurance. I'm spending too much time in the chair. After a lazy morning...

David planning for the next adventure. Bella wants to see what kind of cocktail Ben is enjoying. Our campsite borders Mill Creek. The sound emanating from the water passing over the stony channel is nature's symphony playing just for us. Each of us brings a special skillset to the group...

DAY SIX, continued: It's mid-afternoon on a sunny, warm day. A bit of smoke but nothing serious. As we head back down the gravel road, several promising sites pop up. Terri and Ben walk up a two track and find the perfect spot for us. Definitely disbursed camping, it is a large area, slanting...

DAY SIX: Back on the road, but not ending up where we thought... After getting everything packed up, we headed out for another day's adventures. And it turned out to be an adventurous day indeed. Our route would be first south to Dillon, the northeast to Twin Bridges, then southeast to...

There are hiking trails out of this site which go into the surrounding mountains. I have to admit I didn't attempt any of them. I was too dazzled by the local beauty. But to be honest, I'm 76 y.o., with a bum knee. Thinking my hiking days are kaput.

DAY FIVE continued: Nanc has always had a fondness for VW Westfallias. I always thought a Synco Westfallia would be something fun to play with too! So guess what shows up near our camp? Yup. The owner is a retired mechanic who stripped this one down to the bare bones and rebuild everything...

DAY FIVE: This was primarily a stay in camp and chat day. I have to admit that Nancy's slow down and enjoy the scenery request was paying big dividends for all of us, but especially for me. i haven't felt this relaxed on a trip like this in years. Ben, David's brother is turning out to be a...

While most of us lazed about our campsites, David and Ben went exploring. I had located several disbursed campsites in my research for this trip. The two adventurers wanted to check them out to determine whether they would be better than our present location. Upon return they described the...

The Wise River runs from south to north through the center of the Pioneer Mountains. The USFS has at least six developed campgrounds along the river, plus one could explore any one of the many gravel roads leading off the main route to find disbursed camping within this magnificent area. The...

Plan B. The decision to write off two days and nights camping at Fred Burr Lake left us in a bit of a conundrum. The best thing to do, it was decided, would be to continue on the planned route to our next campsite somewhere along the Wise River in the Pioneer Mountains. The convoy took off...

Lunch over, time to hit the road. In preparation for this adventure I had created routes in Gaia GPS for up to three weeks of driving and camping. I also pinned every campground I could find in the area surrounding these routes. I then transferred the routes to tracks in Garmin Overlander which...

DAY FOUR: Great Start, miserable middle, perfect ending. The plan was to leave mid-morning, drive through Lincoln, then head south through Drummond and end up for lunch at Phillipsburg. After a easy lunch on the town we would hit gravel and wind our way eastward through the ghost mining town of...

At the elevation that Garnet lies at, the most common trees I saw were Douglas Fir, Western Larch (also known locally as Tammarac), and Lodgepole Pine. It is just the most glorious country to visit, especially on back roads. Leaving Garnet, we headed back to Aspen Grove Campground to pick up...

One of the local hosts told us some stories about visitors to the site. Interesting.... One city slicker, having passed a number of deer on the drive up to the site, asked "Where do you keep the animals at night?" Another wanted to know when the deer turned into elk. A third, having driven...

The BLM and a local heritage group have done an admirable job saving Garnet from disappearing over the years. I think it is one of the nicest places to spend time gobbling up local Montana mining history and lore. The BLM has tried to maintain a 1930's era look about the place. There are...

DAY THREE: We woke up to another chilly morning. But coffee and hot banana bread for breakfast had Nanc and me up and ready to roll. Bella wanted to go for a walk, then play with her new friend, Debbie's black lab Mercy. Mercy originally didn't know what to think of this little mutt that kept...

Why are you not including the frig/freezer? What model and size is it? My wife and I are in our 70's. How hard is it to get into the upper sleeping area? how difficult to pull the rear seats and install storage in that area? Could I mount L-track on the Goosegear to hold table, chairs...