what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
- dlb
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 7315
- Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:03 pm
- My tercel:: '87 sr5, '83 dlx parts car
- Location: bc, canada
what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
we're planning a road trip through montana and idaho this coming june so i wanted to see if anyone here could recommend any particular sights, general areas, whatever. just looking at a map, we'll probably duck into wyoming to spend a few days in yellowstone but beyond that, not sure of any other cool things in the area.
- irowiki
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 3463
- Joined: Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:02 am
- Location: Farmington, NM
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Well if you go just a little more south you'd run into Farmington, NM and the Tercel Farm(tm)
Former Tercel Enthusiast (not a practical family car anymore but they still have a place in my heart)
Site administrator, if something is broken, PM me!
87 Corolla FX16, 105k
94 Jamboree RV (Ford E-350), 90k
95 Camry Wagon, 170k
97 4runner, 275k
Site administrator, if something is broken, PM me!
87 Corolla FX16, 105k
94 Jamboree RV (Ford E-350), 90k
95 Camry Wagon, 170k
97 4runner, 275k
- Gottolovem
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 1637
- Joined: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:28 pm
- My tercel:: 1985 SR5 with snow plow,1987 auto 1984 parts car,1987 FX-16 GTS
- Location: Reno
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Forum member florrykitty and mad_marks live in Boise their both great guys.
I'm sure they can steer you in the right direction when it comes to the sights.
When i was a kid i took a guided whitewater ride on the snake river it was lots of fun.
I'm sure they can steer you in the right direction when it comes to the sights.
When i was a kid i took a guided whitewater ride on the snake river it was lots of fun.
- marlinh
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 1584
- Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:15 am
- My tercel:: 'Everett' Blue 87 4WD Wagon (Rocky 86, recently retired)
- Location: Kootenays
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
I hope you are going to pass through the Kootenays on your way through.
- Petros
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 11933
- Joined: Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:31 pm
- My tercel:: '84 Tercel4wd w/extensive mods
- Location: Arlington WA USA
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Glacier National Park, Mount Rushmore in nearby south Dakota.
'87 Tercel 4wd SR5 (current engine swap project)
'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
- Gottolovem
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 1637
- Joined: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:28 pm
- My tercel:: 1985 SR5 with snow plow,1987 auto 1984 parts car,1987 FX-16 GTS
- Location: Reno
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
David
what are you going to drive on the trip?
Truck with cabover again or other?
what are you going to drive on the trip?
Truck with cabover again or other?
- dlb
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 7315
- Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:03 pm
- My tercel:: '87 sr5, '83 dlx parts car
- Location: bc, canada
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
marlene, this is the same trip that you will be teaching jenn and i how to slay fish so yes, we will definitely be hitting the kootenays!
you're correct dan, the 10 mpg wonder will be our chariot. we'll probably spend 2-3 weeks on the road so we want to be comfortable. now that we figured out how to have hot showers in there, i don't think there's any going back to tenting, although i would obviously love and totally prefer driving the corolla or the tercel.
good suggestions, thanks peter.
you're correct dan, the 10 mpg wonder will be our chariot. we'll probably spend 2-3 weeks on the road so we want to be comfortable. now that we figured out how to have hot showers in there, i don't think there's any going back to tenting, although i would obviously love and totally prefer driving the corolla or the tercel.
good suggestions, thanks peter.
- marlinh
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 1584
- Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:15 am
- My tercel:: 'Everett' Blue 87 4WD Wagon (Rocky 86, recently retired)
- Location: Kootenays
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Oh, I forgot to tell you, it is 'Tercel Parking Only' at my place...except of course for my camper van and wood truck, but the rest of them are Tercels!
- dlb
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 7315
- Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:03 pm
- My tercel:: '87 sr5, '83 dlx parts car
- Location: bc, canada
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
i guess we'll stay down the road in the "shunned domestic vehicle" lot!
- marlinh
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 1584
- Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:15 am
- My tercel:: 'Everett' Blue 87 4WD Wagon (Rocky 86, recently retired)
- Location: Kootenays
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
That's okay. I'll make an exception, just this once though..
-
- Top Notch Member
- Posts: 115
- Joined: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:13 pm
- My tercel:: 85 toy tercel 2wd wagon (formerly a 4wd automatic)
- Location: Fresno, CA
- Contact:
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
I remember being impressed with the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman Montana. It was 15 years ago, but I also remember some of the best pizza I ever had at a place in Bozeman; don't remember the name.
- Mad_Marx
- Top Notch Member
- Posts: 429
- Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 8:52 am
- My tercel:: 1986DLX (K.I.A. by a Texting Driver, currently being uses as a parts car) 1986 SR5 AC, Cruise, Sunroof a.k.a. TERC II Electric Boogaloo (restoration in progress). 1984 SR5
- Location: Boise, ID
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Yeah, I could give you a list for Idaho depending on your route... assume you're coming down through Coeur d'Alene?
PM me ?
PM me ?
- dlb
- Highest Ranking Member
- Posts: 7315
- Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:03 pm
- My tercel:: '87 sr5, '83 dlx parts car
- Location: bc, canada
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
sure, sounds good mark. my wife is now in doubt about whether she can afford this trip but we'll know closer to the then so i'll be in touch closer to june if it all works out. thanks for the offer!
- cromagmom
- Advanced Member
- Posts: 58
- Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:52 pm
- My tercel:: 84 Tercel 4wd
- Location: Boise
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Stop by some hot springs! They're all over the place. If you drive along US-12 into Idaho over Lolo pass. There are a few right off the highway with good parking and nice trails. I could forward a hot spring map if you're interested.
Re: what/where to check out in montana/idaho?
Glacier National park, no doubt. Go west to east as all the best sights are on the south side of the road. Then take 89 out of the park through the Lewis and Clark National Forest down to Yellowstone.
After viewing Yellowstone, take 89 out the south end of the park to the Grand Tetons and pick up 26 east to Dubois (pronounced dew boys). In Dubois visit the local ranger station for a map to the Double Cabin campground. Do not tell everyone about this camp because it isn't all that big, but it could well be the most beautiful campground in the US.
If you have a large enough party and a hunter in the group, you might want to backpack the Frontier Creek, it is very strenuous, climbing from 6000 to over 12,000' in about 12-14 miles. There are Grizzlies and wolves in the area now because of the tree huggers. The view at the top though is breathtaking, it will spoil you for anything that follows, except the Grand Canyon. BTW, double cabin is the location of the original cabin fever.
(Edit: great rainbow trout fishing in the Frontier Creek and further down in the Wind River. Also really good petrified wood, full limb casts, to be found.)
I'd go back through Yellowstone and up to I-90 and east to Little Big Horn. Take the Indian led tour of the Little Big Horn, you will learn things that weren't in your history books. These are led by the grandchildren of the people that were actually there.
Then I-90 east back through Wyoming to South Dakota. In the south west corner of South Dakota, you have some of the best places in the US to visit, second only to south west Utah/northwest Arizona. Mount Rushmore, Deadwood, and the Chief Crazyhorse monument.
After viewing Yellowstone, take 89 out the south end of the park to the Grand Tetons and pick up 26 east to Dubois (pronounced dew boys). In Dubois visit the local ranger station for a map to the Double Cabin campground. Do not tell everyone about this camp because it isn't all that big, but it could well be the most beautiful campground in the US.
If you have a large enough party and a hunter in the group, you might want to backpack the Frontier Creek, it is very strenuous, climbing from 6000 to over 12,000' in about 12-14 miles. There are Grizzlies and wolves in the area now because of the tree huggers. The view at the top though is breathtaking, it will spoil you for anything that follows, except the Grand Canyon. BTW, double cabin is the location of the original cabin fever.
(Edit: great rainbow trout fishing in the Frontier Creek and further down in the Wind River. Also really good petrified wood, full limb casts, to be found.)
I'd go back through Yellowstone and up to I-90 and east to Little Big Horn. Take the Indian led tour of the Little Big Horn, you will learn things that weren't in your history books. These are led by the grandchildren of the people that were actually there.
Then I-90 east back through Wyoming to South Dakota. In the south west corner of South Dakota, you have some of the best places in the US to visit, second only to south west Utah/northwest Arizona. Mount Rushmore, Deadwood, and the Chief Crazyhorse monument.