Finally, back into the adventure! While Iowa holds a special place in my heart, writing about it every day feels like I’m repeating myself the whole time! 🙂
This next blog is going to focus on the Rimrocks and Two Moon Park, both of which are located right in Billings, MT. I had never even heard of either of these before I googled running trails in Billings. When both of these came up, I knew I had to check them out.
The Rimrocks are so cool, because they are basically a giant shelf of rocks that sit right above Billings. Even though I will talk about them in depth and post pictures, (many of which were taken by my friend Tavia) I recommend that you google them. The Rimrocks are truly something else.
Above is a panoramic view we took from the edge of the Rimrocks. You can literally see for miles. I haven’t ever seen anything quite as unique as this rock formation. Really, the only knocks I have on the Rimrocks is that there are a lot of Rattlesnakes, (where isn’t there?) and there are broken glass bottles everywhere.
I brought Cash with me to hike the rocks, and I was honestly super concerned that he was going to cut his paws open on all of the glass. There was so much of it, that it was almost impossible to avoid having him walk on some of it. Due to the sheer amount of people that bring their dogs up there, I was incredibly surprised that there was so much glass.
Speaking of Cash, here’s a pic (below) of him standing all cute on the Rimrocks. Yes, he had to carry his own poop bag 🙂
The next photo is of a rock that served as one of the trailheads.
I am going to add one more photo below that is the best picture of the Rimrocks that we took. It is hard to just imagine how large these rocks are without a proper photo. Even from below, the rocks don’t look as big as they truly are. It’s amazing how different sizes and disances look out here compared to in Iowa.
One thing that we really wanted to do was watch the sunset from the Rimrocks. So, we did exactly that. Tavia and I got some pretty cool photos that I’ll include below. Of course, my picture was with my litle dude, Cash. He really liked the Rimrocks, so once it gets colder and the rattlers die down, we will definitely be hiking it again.
I would love to take him now, but I don’t want to put him at any risk of being bitten by one of the snakes.
Now, we will move on to Two Moon Park. This park has it all. Places to swim, hills to run on, trails to walk, run, or hike on, and a beautiful view of the river. Cash, Emma, and I go running there every morning that we can, at about 6:45-7:00. We would go earlier, but it doesn’t even get light out until 6:30 here this time of year.
I originally went a few times by myself with Cash before Emma moved here, but now we usually go together. At 7:00 when it’s cool and the sun has just started really coming up, Two Moon is one of the most peaceful places on the planet.
We usually wrap up our run between 7:45 and 8:30, which is when a lot of people come in. The mornings are a really great time to go there. The trail I run on is a one mile, in and out trail. At the end it opens up to the river, pictured below.
Cash isn’t a water fan, but loves to run, so he loves this trail a lot. There are so many neat spots like this in Billings, which makes life a whole lot better. I am quickly settling in here, so I think that helps too.
This will conclude the Rimrocks and Two Moon topics for now. I recently went Black Bear hunting with Dalton (older brother) and my dad, so I will have one or two posts from that coming up, along with lots of photos.
Thank you for reading!
As always, Happy Hiking!!
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