{"id":42197,"date":"2023-04-08T18:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T01:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=42197"},"modified":"2023-04-08T18:16:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T01:16:58","slug":"day-90-home-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=42197","title":{"rendered":"Day 90!  Home at Last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We headed out for home not too early.\u00a0 We tanked up in Idaho Falls.\u00a0 North of there we must have seen 30 hawks or more in a ten mile stretch.\u00a0 Shortly after that we saw ten to fifteen bald eagles in a ten mile stretch.\u00a0 Then nothing more all the way back home!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-600x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-600x214.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-300x107.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-768x274.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-1536x549.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309001-2048x731.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was pretty deep snow going up Monida Pass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309002-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309002-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309002-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309002-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309003-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309003-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309003-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309003-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309003.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It did lighten up some on the snow as we neared Dillon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309004-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309004-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309004-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309004-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309004.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After gassing up in Rocker, we actually got just a little bit of snow flurries in the canyons north of Deer Park.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t see it here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309005-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309005-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309005-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309005-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309005.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is always good to be back to see the Sleeping Giant north of Helena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006-600x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006-600x293.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006-768x375.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006-1536x750.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309006.jpg 1967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trailer needs a wash!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007-600x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007-600x290.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007-300x145.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007-768x371.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007-1536x742.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309007.jpg 1988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So does the truck&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309008-600x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309008-600x441.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309008-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309008-768x565.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309008.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know you are close when you can see the United Building Materials windmills!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309009-433x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309009-433x600.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309009-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309009-768x1064.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309009.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I grabbed a quick photo of one I want to go back and get with my Digital Mirrorless!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010a.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the windmills from one end!\u00a0 Here is an enlargement:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010b-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010b-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010b-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010b-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309010b.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally: the edge of Great Falls!\u00a0 From left to right: the Airport, the Airport Hilton (County and Regional jail), new truck wash water tower, Bish&#8217;s RV where we bought our home-away-from-home.\u00a0 Just down the hill and the length of tenth to Home!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011-600x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011-600x286.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011-768x366.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011-1536x733.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Day2309011.jpg 2012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>~Curtis in \/\\\/\\onTana! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We headed out for home not too early.\u00a0 We tanked up in Idaho Falls.\u00a0 North of there we must have seen 30 hawks or more in a ten mile stretch.\u00a0 Shortly after that we saw ten to fifteen bald eagles in a ten mile stretch.\u00a0 Then nothing more all the way back home! It was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,33,67,3,66,62,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f150","category-landscapes","category-life-as-a-snowbird","category-life-at-home","category-pad-2023","category-panorama","category-photography","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42211,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42197\/revisions\/42211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}