Day 29 - Road to Anaconda

July 17th

22 Miles

Big Sky RV Park 

Got up and going early today because today is all on road and the less I'm in the mid day sun, the better. We left camp around six and cruised down into the flatlands on dirt roads and came across a herd of sheep heading towards us with a herd dog. We stopped and were like 'Ummm do we get out of the way?' We kept walking the sheep turned around and took off away from us while the herd dog confusingly followed. 

Down in the valley all around the river was ripped to hell and large construction vehicles were moving about. A group of people in suits toured around as well and I figured I-90, which is right past the river, was getting a strip mall but in actuality the to governor of Montana was touring the Superfund site of Warm Springs which is being cleaned up. They were digging up the heavy metal laden dirt along the river and moving it over to the town of Opportunity (which I found ironic). These huge ass trucks make it dangerous and sketchy doing the rest of the road walk on a nearly non-existent shoulder while these huge rigs flew by at 70 mph.

We got into Anaconda mid afternoon and Panama, Beth, and the dogs were in town and its great to see them again after a bit. We all set up at the RV Park and all hell broke loose from the sky. Hail, huge wind gusts, and torrential down pours pounded all of us for an hour. All we could do is stand around in the rain and drink beer...which led us to the laundromat/bar and then dinner.