Rock Creek - Montana

Rock Creek is a 60-mile long freestone creek that is located about 30 miles east of Missoula. We had not known about it until I was checking some saved fly-fishing magazine articles. A little further research resulted in a very pleasant surprise. At the exit off I-90, there are only a couple of commercial establishments, a long-established fly-shop and and even older restaurant. And then you head up a mostly dirt road into the canyon. We found a very nice campsite overlooking the stream amid huge pines. The fishing on this stretch was not too productive, but we were pleased nonetheless. A half-mile walk down the road was a very cool swinging pedestrian bridge which we had to visit a couple of times. On the way in, there was a large herd of rocky mountain sheep just relaxing in a pasture - we saw them a couple of times and then they just disappeared. White-tail deer and wild turkey were the other wildlife we saw on the road. We experienced the darkest nights here - literally could not see our hands in front of our faces. They really are wild, but not too shy View from our campsite