Originally Posted by
mountaindave
It’s even bigger east of the mountains on the plains... eerily so. Every time I drive the high line I don’t feel at ease until I can see my mountains again. It’s like being adrift at sea beyond the sight of land.
Our state’s name comes for the Spanish word for ‘mountain,’ but our nickname, Big Sky Country, comes from the two-thirds of the state that is part of the Great Plains.
Yeah I did the northern tier in '97 and cross the state. It is beautiful. There is a whole lot of nothing on HW 2 crossing the state but the views of the sky were phenomenal. I rode my 1983 Trek 720. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.