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I tried to catch some lightning strikes but to no avail. However, we did hit rain as we continued east on Highway 89.
Sometimes called the National Park Highway, US 89 links seven national parks (including Glacier and Yellowstone) across the Mountain West. In addition, 14 other national park areas, mostly national monuments, are also reachable from this backbone through the Colorado Plateau, Wasatch Mountains and northern Rockies.
National Geographic named US Route 89 the No. 1 Driver's Drive in the world.
When US 89 was first created, it ran as far north as Spanish Fork, Utah. This was the case until 1934, when it was extended to more or less of its current alignment up to the Piegan Port of Entry north of Babb, Montana.
North of Great Falls, Montana, US 89's current route was originally numbered as US 87 until 1934. After US 89 took over that route, US 87 ended in Great Falls until 1945, when it was extended to its current northern terminus near Havre, Montana.
Sometimes called the National Park Highway, US 89 links seven national parks (including Glacier and Yellowstone) across the Mountain West. In addition, 14 other national park areas, mostly national monuments, are also reachable from this backbone through the Colorado Plateau, Wasatch Mountains and northern Rockies.
National Geographic named US Route 89 the No. 1 Driver's Drive in the world.
When US 89 was first created, it ran as far north as Spanish Fork, Utah. This was the case until 1934, when it was extended to more or less of its current alignment up to the Piegan Port of Entry north of Babb, Montana.
North of Great Falls, Montana, US 89's current route was originally numbered as US 87 until 1934. After US 89 took over that route, US 87 ended in Great Falls until 1945, when it was extended to its current northern terminus near Havre, Montana.