After our visit to Glacier National Park we spent the night at the Glacier Peaks Hotel and Casino in Browning, Montana. The town was established in the late 1800s and was named after Daniel M. Browning, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at the time. Browning serves as the headquarters for the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Interestingly, the town was disincorporated in 2018 after its government collapsed financially; and judging from the looks of things today I don't think much has changed since then. But the hotel-casino was easily the nicest place in that area even if it was a little on the expensive side. The following day we drove south through the entire state of Montana, spending the night in Gardiner, a small community at the northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park and adjacent to the Wyoming border. We left Browning heading south along Highway 89, part of a series of roadways that are referred to as the Montana Scenic Loop. Billed as a great way to experience the breathtaking landscapes and forests of Montana, the Scenic Loop actually took us through open, flat terrain. We did see rolling hills, some farmlands and pastures, and stunning mountain ranges in the far off distance....but what we mostly experienced during our 6 hour drive was seemingly endless wide-open plains. I don't know where Montana's current population of just over 1.1 million people live in the state, but I can tell you the vast majority of them do not reside along the Scenic Loop. There were sections of our drive when we were the only ones on the highway. We did pass through some quaint little towns, but the drive was pretty uneventful considering what we'd seen of Montana the previous two days. We reached our lodge in Gardiner around 5:00pm and headed into the 'downtown' area for a really nice steak dinner at a place called the Backcountry Bistro that was recommended by the lodge owner's daughter. The following photographs were taken on our long drive through the Scenic Loop highway.