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We wake up on Monday to continued beautiful weather. I love that. Great to travel when there are no weather issues!
We are driving today to Ackley Lake State Park near Hobson, MT. We are ultimately heading to Devil's Monument but it's 15 hours from Rising Sun so we'll drive about 5 hours for each of the next 3 days to get there. Looks like that part of MT is going to be really hot so the AC in the truck will be very welcomed.
Looks like our path is to take US 89 FOREVER! It's a real windy road but beautiful scenery. It's mostly thru the Blackfeet Indian Reservation so there are no houses or businesses around for much of the ride. It's also 'free range' county. And those cattle feel pretty comfortable---one was on the side of the road when we went by and started to make a beeline for our camper as we rode by!
Literally...Ed had to speed up or he would have gotten us.How do you explain that to an Insurance Agent???
Monty has assumed his sleeping position. Boy is he a great traveler!! Never a peep out of him.
We're about 4 hours into the trip and decide to stop for lunch. Route 89 was a 2 lane road for most of the way until we've come to Great Falls, MT. This is a major city with all the traffic that this entails. But that lets us get a restaurant that has Internet
service. After a good lunch as we drive along, we spot a Toyota dealership. Since we will not see another one for quite some time Ed decides it's a good time to have them check the wiggle in the front tires when we go over 60MPH. They can take us right away so we're here for a little while I guess. CNN, Internet, air conditioning and free coffee! What's not to like?
After about an hour, we were back on the road. Monty was really good inside the Dealership. There were a couple kids there that liked petting him.
Now onto Ackley Lake State Park. It's another hour of driving through towns called Stanford, Windham and Hobson. They are all along Rt 87 which is flat, edged by fields of grain on either side and mountains in the distance. Ed's sure Ackley Lake State Park going to be 'other swimming'. When Ed went cross country with our kids in 1985, they would call 'other swimming' any water hole that was small and more muddy then water. But it's just for 1 night so how bad can it be?!
Ackley Lake, named after an early settler and frontiersman, offers diverse water sports opportunities. Stocked with rainbow trout, the lake is often good angling for 10 to 15 inch fish. The elevation of the park is 4,336 feet and is 160 acres in size. This park has been designated as ‘Primitive' so there are no fees to use the site. There are 23 sites with vault toilets, picnic tables, grills/firerings, group use area, drinking water (5/1 - 9/30) and pets are allowed, but must be on leash.
We ignore one of our GPS's that tells us to turn onto a dirt/gravel road. We've been there and done that! Hopefully, we can't be fooled twice!
We go a little longer and the other GPS gives us directions that are on real roads. AND there is a sign to Ackley Lake State Park so we are pretty confident
it's going to be alright.
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| Ackley Lake FREE campsite |
Monty goes running down to the lake and jumps right in. He really likes to swim and catch the Frisbee and ball...all things Buddy didn't really like to do.
Boy are the winds strong here. It reminds me of the time we were in Makoshika State Park (where we are stopping on the way home). It was so windy there one night
we had to tie down the camper thinking it was going to tip us over!
Ackley Lake is a great place for Monty! Even though the sign says dogs should be on a leash, we are not really near anyone, so Ed tosses the Frisbee to him for awhile! He's very excited!
We'll just have a light supper and play cards and go to bed. We are off tomorrow to our next one night stop at Rosebud East FAS (We are still not sure what that stands for! Stay tuned!)
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