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GART Day 6 - Fly Fishing and Horseback Riding

The Great American Road Trip - Day 6, Tuesday, July 7, 2009

'THE FISH WERE BITING, BUT SO WERE THE HORSES'

We set the kids up at fly fishing school with Gallatin River Guides. It was a one hour class on a stocked pond off of the Gallatin River.

Learning to cast on land.

Hard work pays off!

Casting on her own.

Whoa! That fish is as big as she is!!!

It took our little gal about an hour to land

this rainbow trout, she and the guide were

very patient to get her a great trophy pic!

MONTANA ON HORSEBACK

This is probably one of my favorite

pics from this vacation so far

I think he is charging the British.

The fishing went great, horseback riding not so much. The kids did great on the horses in the corral, but were a little intimidated by the up and down trail and feeling good control on the horses. Maybe next time.

Let's get outta here! That is one big bear!

Action shot of running from a statue.

GART Day 5 Big Sky, MT

The Great American Road Trip Day 5, Monday, July 6, 2009

We were thankful to be at one spot for the next week. The Resort at Big Sky, MT. The views are beautiful and the hotel is lots of fun.

Yes, that is a mound of snow in the background!

Princess Pink Running Bear

Chief Ima Handful

Big Smiles to be in Big Sky!

GART Day 4 - Billings, MT

The Great American Road Trip Day - Sunday, July 5, 2009

I don't know about you, but I'm tired! We stayed overnight in Billings, MT. We ate brunch at a great place, "Stella's, she's a nice Italian girl". I loved that!

Flowers at the hotel in Billings, MT

GART - Day 3 Sheridan, Wyoming (Post 5)

The Great American Road Trip Day 3 - Saturday, July 4, 2009
She meets her namesake.

My parents moved to Sheridan, Wyoming in 1986, I was able to go and stay there during breaks in College. It is the most beautiful little town you have ever seen. That is where we came up with the name for Sheridan - not she is not named after the hotel, (by the way that is Sheraton), and she is not named after some bizarre soap opera character. The town of Sheridan is in the Mountains and has a victorian flair.

The historic Sheridan Inn, where Buffalo Bill dined.

We were able to have dinner here.

I'm here, I finally made it to Sheridan!

(p.s. her brother was pouting in the car,

he doesn't have a city of his own!)

Sheridan meet Sheridan

On our way to the scenic town of Sheridan, Wyo.

GART Day 3 Gillette, Wyo (Post 4)

The Great American Road Trip Day 3 - Saturday, July 4, 2009
A trip down memory lane

We left Devil's Tower and drove around Gillette, Wyoming where I grew up enroute to our next stop. Here are some pics of where i used to hang out.

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