The family, minus Nadia and Miles (because of an early school start), headed up to Montana and the Madison River to celebrate Michael’s 40th. Birthday. O’Pop, Ally and Nick drove to Raynolds Pass while Michael, Aimee, Cairo and Aimee’s Mom flew into Bozeman and rented a very large vehicle before driving up to the cabin…
The route that Ally decided to take…
Leaving Los Angeles and heading across Pear Blossom Hwy. at 4AM…
Michael and sharknado guy in their seats and read for Bozeman, MT…
Vegaz at 6:30 AM…
More Vegaz…
Breakfast of champions at a super stop ( Maverick – they had these on I -15 all the way to Montana, everyone had the same interior) for gas and food…
Utah…
Southern Utah…
Middle Utah…
Traffic jam in Salt Lake City…sure Ally, your route will be 30 minutes faster…
Idaho…
Southern Idaho…weather coming in…
The TroutHunter, Island Park, Idaho…I called ahead so that we could eat dinner but the entire place was booked for a wedding…
Up ahead Hwy. 87 towards Henrys Lake and Montana…
Montana…finally…
Cairo and Aimee at the cabin at Raynols Pass…
Cairo checks out the tractor on the property…
Big Sky boy…
Sunset at the Madison Angler’s Cabin…
After 1,000 + miles, dinner at the Driftwood Bar and Bistro for the road guys…
The eats and a Virgin Mary…
Ally and Nick at the bar…
Next: a busy Sunday for the family…
PT/TB
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