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From @manawolf, July – August 2020

Idaho to Montana · July – August 2020 · Van life

Under a Big Sky

A month in the van with Mana, from the Idaho backcountry to an uncle's ranch in Montana.

Hot springs and quiet rivers in the Idaho backcountry.
Hot springs and quiet rivers in the Idaho backcountry.

I accepted the fact that I was going to run out of diesel. After 250 miles of remote dirt roads, I found an airstrip with diesel, and it felt so good.

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Then Montana: hot water, horses, a grizzly in the distance, and plenty of random campsites. Tucked away under a big sky indeed. Thanks, Uncle Frank.

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