We spent the night in the Missouri Headwaters State Park (not much of a park!) at the confluence of the 3 rivers that join and make the Missouri River - the Jefferson, the Madison, and the Galatin rivers. Lewis and Clark discovered this area in July 1804 and named all the rivers. This was a primary goal of the expedition - to find the beginning of the Missouri River. We feel like explorers ourselves but can't imagine how they felt seeing this beautiful country for the first time.
We are driving to Clark Reservoir today - just outside of Dillon, MT. We can certainly understand why this is "Big Sky" country - it is also big land country - mile after mile of hills and ranches. There is a lot more agriculture here than we anticipated - mostly hay for the livestock - it is all irrigated from the many rivers and streams so the fields are all a lovely green. Everywhere you look there are snow capped mountains in the distance.
The view of Clark Reservoir from Roger's lawn chair!
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