Road trip adventures across America

There is a reason we take these trips, and that reason is Montana. This is where we wait all year to be. We'll settle in here for a few weeks before we pack up to, sadly, head back east. Now is the time for swimming, fishing, hiking, canoeing, board games, card games, exploration, and adventure.

This route, a 47-mile road known as the Bighorn Scenic Byway, is another must-drive. You start out at about 3,500 feet of elevation and climb to 9,033 feet atop Granite Pass, and then drops down to about 3,800 feet on the other side.

Of all the many tens of thousands of miles I have driven in almost every state of this country, SD Highway 87 N tghrough Custer State Park, aka Needles Highway, is the most extraordinary drive I have ever experienced.