Our small Class C motorhomes (on left) and several other RVs in Bozeman, Montana, stopped for lunch, August 1, 2010

Even though it was 12 years ago, I actually remember this stop at a Walmart in Montana.

As Said in an earlier post about another Montana stop:

When we are traveling from one place to the next, we like to stop periodically just to get out, stretch, and loosen up our aching bones. Ideally, a nice rest area or city park would be a nice place for it. Unfortunately, more often than not, the more readily available stopping place would be a big box store like Walmart, Lowes, or Home Depot, where we use the restroom and take 2 or 3 laps around the outer aisles inside the store.

When it’s around lunchtime, we’ll eat before heading back out on the road, as did, in this image four other RV travelers in two other RV types: two Class A motorhomes and two travel trailers.

View from Pumice Point, Lake Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, September 3, 2014

On this trip, we had already visited Yellowstone earlier in the summer.  After visiting Glacier National Park, we decided we weren’t yet ready to go home and headed to Grand Teton National which we had skipped earlier in the trip.

The wind coming off Lake Yellowstone was extremely strong and, with an average water temperature of 41°, quite cold after traveling 4 miles across the lake’s West Thumb.

Jackson, Wyoming, September 3, 2014.  It’s normal to see RVs traveling through this intersection.

Jackson, Wyoming

We literally don’t know how many times we’ve been to or through Jackson, Wyoming.

My first visit here was with my grandparents and my sister 59 years ago when I was 11 years old and she was 9.  While I don’t remember a lot about the town, it is decidedly different from what people find today.  Years later, when we lived nearby in Idaho in 1973 and again from 1977 to 1980, we passed through and visited the town numerous times.  Since we moved to Arkansas, our visits have been on the order of every few years

The town isn’t the reason for our visits.  It just happens to be close to a couple of our favorite places, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

Some people think Jackson and Jackson Hole are the same thing.  They aren’t.  Jackson is the city while Jackson Hole is a valley that stretches 60 miles along the Teton Mountains and includes Jackson, Teton Village, Wilson, Moose, Moran Junction, and much of Grand Teton National Park.

A strong local economy, primarily due to tourism, has allowed Jackson to develop a large shopping and eating district characterized by a large number of art galleries, custom jewelers, and designer clothing retailers centered on the town square. (Wikipedia)

View from Meridian Highway Bridge (now a pedestrian bridge) spanning the Missouri National Recreational River between Nebraska and South Dakota, September 16, 2014, at Yankton.

Missouri National Recreational River

A United States National Park

Wikipedia
Accessed 9/2/2022

The Missouri National Recreational River is a National Recreational River located on the border between Nebraska and South Dakota. The designation was first applied in 1978 to a 59-mile section of the Missouri River between Gavins Point Dam and Ponca State Park. In 1991, an additional 39-mile section between Fort Randall Dam and Niobrara, Nebraska, was added to the designation. These two stretches of the Missouri River are the only parts of the river between Montana and the mouth of the Missouri that remain undammed or unchannelized. The last 20 miles of the Niobrara River and 6 miles of Verdigre Creek were also added in 1991.

The Missouri National Recreational River is managed by the National Park Service, with headquarters located in Yankton, South Dakota. Visitor centers are located at Ponca State Park, Niobrara State Park, and the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam, overlooking Lewis and Clark Lake. It lies in parts of Boyd, Cedar, Dixon, and Knox counties in Nebraska, and Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Union, and Yankton counties in South Dakota.