We woke up to a snow covered landscape - some time during the night the rain changed to snow and two inches covered the ground. Plenty of elk were in the campground nosing around the RVs and tents.
As we left White Sulphur Springs going North on US 89, the snow started coming down. We were crossing the Little Belt Mountains. The snow was wet and sticking but not to the roadway. We also encountered foggy conditions. Leaving Monarch at the foot of the mount range, not a snowflake in sight, none in the air or on the ground. But it started raining in spurts. We arrived in Great Falls, following the map and written directions, we still couldn't find the library so we got on I-15 north bound and stopped for the night outside Shelby about 60 miles south of the border crossing.
I can understand why Montana is Big Sky Country - miles and miles of nothing but blue sky and praire land as far as you can see
