Rivers, brooks, gurgling streams,

roads snaking through mountainous terrain.

There’s no denying that Montana is beautiful, but it proved to be the most difficult leg of our road trip.

We oohed and ahhed our way across Montana; admiring the spectacular view.

But when the sun began to set, we found ourselves stuck in a pretty precarious situation.

Because of poor planning, we drove late into the night; the nearest decent hotel and large town several hours away.

As we drove along dark, icy roads deep within the forest I quickly learned that my eyesight had worsened. My glasses weren’t cutting it. I was seeing double. We had no choice but to push on. We were tired, hungry, going stir crazy and yes, I broke down and cried.

Thankfully, we survived the ordeal without incident.

We found a big town and a decent hotel. We learned the importance of planning our overnight rest stops ahead of time.

We also learned that in beautiful Montana, rattlesnakes aren’t very nice.

Do you have any nightmare road trip stories? I’d really like to hear them!

*Photos taken with my Canon 7D, Tamron 24-70mm 2.8 and 18-270mm 3.5-6.3 lenses.

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Stay tuned for more photos and stories from our cross country road trip adventure. Next stop? Idaho. And in case you missed any of the previous stops, you can find them here…

Missouri

Iowa

South Dakota

Wyoming