We entered Montana through the dry hills of the south and spent our first night at a cattle ranch outside Billings. From there we headed on I-90 west towards the Missouri River. We were now in the region richest in historical significance to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This gave Kathy goosebumps, as 46 years ago she had spent the summer caravanning with a college group across the country, retracing Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's astounding Corp of Discovery. It was at the headwaters of the Missouri River that the explorers learned that the sought-after water route to the Pacific did not exist--but onward they would push. Though the Missouri River has been tamed for hydroelectric power and cities have emerged from the mountains and plains, the rugged Montanan landscape hasn't changed much since the explorers' epic trip of 1804-06. Our Harvest Host stays in MT included a wheat farm, a sheep creamery, and a hobby farm (where a rooster attacked Kathy--not kidding). We spent three days at Glacier National Park. Thank goodness Mark is not afraid of heights: he got the job of driving our van "Morgan" on the white-knuckles Going-to-the-Sun Road through the towering mountains. On September 6th, we spent our 35th anniversary driving along the southern flank of the national park and camping on the shores of Flathead Lake. Good thing we still like each other after all these years, or sharing a home the size of a walk-in closet might not be such a good idea.