Jacqueline’s Jaunts

We are staying in the Miles City KOA Journey . I spoke to one of the employees this morning. I wanted to know the names of the trees in the campground; they are cottonwood trees. It’s so pretty. He told me they were here when General Custer was here, so they are over 200 years old. He also told me Custer camped on the river a little way from the KOA. What a great history this park has. I think this is the cleanest KOA we have stayed at. The grass is really green, and they keep up with the weeds.  We went through the Range Riders Museum today. What a surprise this place was. So much history of the area, relics, antiques, stories of locals, pictures and history of range riders, and so much more. There was a barbed wire display, taxidermy eagles, golden eagles, beavers, marmots, and foxes. Their collection of guns was impressive—along with Indian artifacts, original wagons, and carriages. There were six buildings in total. This was one of those surprises you go in not knowing what to...

We left Billings a little before 11:00 AM. The weather was beautiful at 80°. The once green hills are starting to turn brown. I saw three Pronghorn in a field where a farmer was plowing his field. They were running from the big green-and-yellow monster.  Per a Google search, Montana is home to an estimated   158,000 pronghorn   (often called antelope), the second-largest population in North America. They thrive in the open, rolling sagebrush and grasslands of central and eastern Montana, such as the Missouri River Breaks and areas near Miles City.  I love their colors. I have a picture below that I pulled off of Google. It’s hard to get a good photo when traveling.  We arrived at our campsite around 2:00 PM. This campground is filled with beautiful trees that look as if they have been there a long time. I’ll need to ask someone what kind of trees they are. We decided to hang out and not go anywhere.  We had Tucker’s playoff game to watch at 7:00 PM. We...

    One of the volunteers at the KOA office recommended the  Pictograph Cave State Park  yesterday. We decided to make the drive since it was only eight minutes from the RV park.  The entry fee is free for residents and $8.00 per car for non-residents. The visitor center has its own version of a passport stamp, so I stamped all three of my books... always excited to get a stamp. I also bought stickers and a keychain. The store did not have Christmas ornaments, so I bought the keychain and will add a ribbon to hang it on our Travel Christmas tree.  The small museum in the visitor center is very informative. The displays have items recovered from the caves and surrounding areas. There are really only pictographs in one cave, Pictograph Cave. The others only have red paint lines on the walls. Pictographs are painted on rock and Petroglyphs are carved into the rock. Once these Pictographs are washed and worn away, that is it for this park. So sad.... There are ...