Jacqueline’s Jaunts

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 ...

The KOA we are staying at is the  Billings KOA Holiday . They pride themselves in being the world’s first KOA. It’s a great park with lots of flower beds, as you can see in the photo of Julie below. My only complaint is that they have these pretty flower beds, but no one has weeded them for a while.  Today was a maintenance day. Barry worked on some RV squeaks we had, rerouted some wires, and tightened window screws. We checked out downtown Billings, ended up at Montana Brewing Company, and decided on appetizers for dinner.  Copyright © 2026 by Jacqueline Threet Henderson, Jacqueline's Jaunts. All rights reserved.

We were up early to leave by 9:00 AM for Billings, Montana. Once in Billings, we plan to hook up power, jump in the jeep (we decided to name her Charlie), and drive to  Little Bighorn Battlefield . They are only open Friday-Sunday due to the construction of a new visitor center. It looks like it will be a cool building.  On the way out of Yellowstone, we had a slight delay between Norris and  Mammoth Hot Springs. It was a bison traffic jam. The cool thing was we were in our RV, so we were up high and could see everything. I was able to get some great photos, and there was a “ red dog ”, a baby bison. Our last look at bison as we leave the park. I’m sad and really want to come back, but I’m so glad I got to experience the wonders of this park. It is truly incredible.  This little one still had its umbilical cord. We arrived at the  Billings KOA  around 2:30 PM. We checked in with the office, found our spot, hooked up the electrical, and off in the jeep....

West Thumb and Grant Village are only thirty minutes south of Fishing Bridge. Before we drove down, I wanted to stop at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center again to take photos of the bird displays. I didn’t the other day and have no idea why. I mainly wanted to see the Sandhill Crane and the Great Blue Heron. These are the two birds I saw in a meadow the other day. We have seen a Great Blue Heron by our pond at home, but we have no idea how big they really are. I took photos of the other bird displays since I was there and love bird watching. The photos below are through glass displays so you will see reflections even though I tried to position myself around it.  Sandhill Crane Great Blue Heron The next stop was West Thumb. The visitor center is one of the last remaining old ranger stations. The gentleman who was working today has been working this one for years. He loves it. While I was getting my passport books stamped, he asked if we had been to Old Faithful yet. I said we had, a...