DIllon, Montana to Wise River, MT and back. 128 miles.
Today, we took the F350 up the I-15N to the Anaconda Sportsman Campground, a dry-camp campground on the Big Hole River, off Highway 43 between Divide and Wisdom, in Montana. We needed to chat with the camp host there to see if he had any space for two rigs – ours and Aaron’s, as we’d planned to spend a few days there starting tomorrow (Sunday). The campground is very remote with no stores or gas stations or even cell service, so there was no easy way to call them to find out if they had any vacancies. I told Lillian that we’d take the drive up there on Saturday as we’re only 60 miles away, while her and Aaron are double that distance on the North side.
So, we drove out in the F350 and took Maddie with us as she loves to come with us. We found Mike, the friendly camphost, and we dropped Aaron’s name on him as they knew each other as youngsters when they lived 2-3 blocks apart in the town of Anaconda. Mike said they were completely full at the current time, but he expected the usual exodus on Sunday afternoon, so he thought it should not be a problem for us if we arrived around noon on Sunday, to get two spots.
When we got back to Dillon, I contacted Lillian and we agreed to meet at the Anaconda Sportsman Campground in the early afternoon, the next day, Sunday.
After we arrived back from the short trip to the CG, Karen spotted a huge Forest fire just outside Dillon, on the US-43 towards Banack State park.
The fire burnt through the night with firefighters and helicopters working the burn. Next morning, they gained control after the high winds from yesterday had died down. Just a little smoke left when we left the campground with Hitch in tow, on our way to the Anaconda Sportsman Campground.