{"id":22890,"date":"2026-07-09T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=22890"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:06:28","slug":"dillon-to-ennis-to-dillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2026\/07\/dillon-to-ennis-to-dillon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon to Ennis to Dillon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 8, my last full day in Dillon … I biked to a Mexican restaurant for an early lunch and had not only a great meal but the BEST iced tea! I typically do not order restaurant iced tea but I didn’t want soda or water … anyway, so good. It turns out they brew their own blend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I messed up settings on my Insta360 X5 video from the bike so nothing … so sad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To today, Thursday July 9. A bit ago, I made reservations at a campground in Ennis, MT for today through 7\/14. Ennis is in Madison Valley … a river runs through it … YES, that river: Madison River. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on reading and the internet, Ennis was high on my list for possible new place to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I over-hyped it in my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is a crazy thing about new places. I often connect immediately or reject immediately or some places grow on me. I drove into Ennis and just thought … I do not want to stay here. I was 1.5 hours early for check in time so drove around and then into the RV park to see what it looked like. And I drove back out and headed back to Dillon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive to and fro is absolutely beautiful so no regrets. A scenic overlook between Virginia City and Ennis …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t want to get out as it was not level and I didn’t feel comfortable with just parking brake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
But, it was a gorgeous view!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Continuing on to Ennis. I don’t know if I have words for why I instantly did not like the area. It was busy. There were a lot of cookie cutter neighborhoods on the fringe. I just did not like it at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As noted above, I was early for check in and checked out the RV park which had the smallest, tightest spots that I have ever seen. The grounds were landscaped nicely and as advertised it was adjacent (walkable\/bikeable) to town. I just wanted to be gone so I turned around and headed back to Dillon (74 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My old spot was not available but I have a nice shady spot for 2 nights and then I’m headed back to Missoula for a night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other wrinkle in the travel is that Ennis was to be 101 and 103 on Saturday\/Sunday. Dillon is forecast to be mid-upper 90’s as is Missoula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, my plan is to leave Dillon very early on Saturday, do a big shop in Missoula before noon check in at Jim and Mary’s. Then leave early Sunday for a slightly cooler destination north of Missoula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

***Lunchtime in Virginia City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Ham sandwich, chips and my homemade ginger soda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 8, my last full day in Dillon … I biked to a Mexican restaurant for an early lunch and had not only a great meal but the BEST iced tea! I typically do not order restaurant iced tea but I didn’t want soda or water … anyway, so good. It turns out they brew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22897,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22890\/revisions\/22897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}