If your in the mood to drive take a trip from Regina to Palm Springs and take in the sights along the way and then head to LA up to Frisco and out back to Reno and home. Well follow me as I wind my way down through Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and down and up through California. Our first stop was to overnight in Miles City a pleasant town with a cool bar downtown called the Montana. It features a great atmosphere of old stuff animals, cowboy music and locals having a nice time. The bar as they say with most antique bars was floated in on the river. Next we stopped for lunch in Billings a bustling town with a nice heritage downtown area combined with newer buildings a university and set in a river valley. We visited the Northern Hotel my grandpa Nick worked there and it burned down in 1922 only to be rebuilt after. A recent face lift had brought it modern charm and it looks like a great hotel to stay in. We had lunch in their trendy cafe with a glass curtain wall around the whole restaurant.
From there we set off to find Old Faithful and Yellowstone Park. A short ride down the Freeway and we turned onto a decent US highway and arrived at the town site near the gate entrance in Montana. From the Montana entrance you drive under an arch and end up at the local hot springs and follow the road to old Faithful. This trip through the park is most interesting marked by streams, steams and water vapours pouring from everywhere. Finally arriving at the interpretative center at Old Faithful we walked up just in time to watch the geyser shoot upwards into the almost dark sky. Even though it was dark the sounds and seeing the geyser shoot up into the air made the trip worthwhile. The museum attached to site looks like it offers the visitor lots of good information.
