From West Yellowstone we wind along the more remote, less visited western border of the park.  We start out through rolling grasslands then enter the Gallatin River Canyon.  Towering cliffs rise on either side for miles before opening up into another wide valley where wheat and potato fields share a patchwork with range land.  We come to the headwaters of the Missouri and the chain of lakes created at the many dams along this stretch of the river.  Home for the next night or two is at White Sandy Campground on the shore of one of those lakes, Hauton Lake.  Maybe a half dozen sites are occupied and it is a very quiet spot, except for the occasional military flyby and a fair number of gulls!