Gardiner, Montana is at the north entrance (and according to the Chamber of Commerce, the original entrance) to Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone River runs right through town, and the scenery is gorgeous.
We found the Hillcrest Motel, and I went a little nuts taking pictures. This place is picture-postcard perfect. When I mentioned to the owner how much I liked the sign, she said it really needed updating. No, no! I wanted to say. The sign gives the motel a good deal of its charm, but there's more: We had a cute little cabin overlooking the busy main street and the glorious brown and green hills. There was a grassy patch out front of the office with picnic tables where an East Indian family from Wisconsin gathered while cooking a curry dinner in their cabin up the road. The resident dog, named Rusty, patiently endured the attentions of the little kids, who chased him around trying to get him to pose for a picture.
Our cabin had three beds, a clean bathroom with shower, a little kitchenette (no dishes or cooking implements), a TV, a table for eating/working, and a bench on the porch. A set of stairs led down to the street below. We tried to secure the cabin for a 2nd night, but our failure to plan ahead worked against us, and so we moved on the next day, entering the Park through the famous arch. The cost of the cabin, for three of us, was $100.00.
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