Journeys: SEND IT - August 4th - Bozeman, MT

We arrived in Bozeman yesterday evening. We had taken highway 20 in from Idaho and amazingly got a long glimpse of the Tetons miles and miles to the east in Wyoming. We passed through tour-isty West Yellowstone and drove the length of the Gallatin Canyon passing Big Sky and Moonlight Basin ski resorts where I had snowboarded in early 2010. It was good to be back in Montana, big sky country. We did not have much of a plan for Bozeman, but I wanted it that way. I just want to laze around for a day, see Yellowstone another day, climb one day, laze another day, then head to Devil's Tower. Today we got in plenty of lazing. We enjoyed downtown, bustling with the Sweet Pea Festival 2011, then drove all the way up to Big Sky and Moonlight Basin for a late lunch and to see the beauty of the resorts sans snow. It was a scenic afternoon up in the mountains with no snow. No botched approaches, no unforgiving routes. Just a day of relaxation to regroup and rest.