Missoula to West Yellowstone

Day 33

With advice from Brian, we take a scenic road toward West Yellowstone. The trail takes us through Nevada City, Virginia City, Ennis & Quake Lake. Nevada City & Virginia City are throwbacks in time (mining - western towns). Tourists flock to the these places in the summertime, but few (4 guys from Chelsea) are here this time of year. Steve pulls up to the bar at the old saloon and gets a shot of Old Thompson to get the day started. We arrive at Quake Lake, MT next. A quake in (I think) 1959 created a huge mountain land slide which killed numerous people, destroyed a town, created a damn and submerged trees. Upon leaving a small black bear tries to challenge ChelseaExpress by walking down the middle of the road toward us. We stop -- no sense in getting black bear fur in the radiator. He scurries off into the woods, but we keep a close eye for Momma Bear. We camp at West Yellowstone, Mt.