Ep. 269: Fort Peck Dam & Lake | Montana RV travel camping history

[@kellyreinlasoder2596]

This was a fun adventure! I was a summer deputy for the Valley county sheriff's department in 1983 and I patrolled the Fort Peck Dam and surrounding areas. Lots of fun and it was helpful that I spent a lot of years camping and fishing that area. Thanks for the chance to remember.

[@GrandAdventure]

It was our pleasure to bring you back, Kelly. Thanks so much for watching!

[@jesib7526]

Marc, of all the great videos you've made this really stands out! What a wonderful American history lesson! I'm passing this on to my home schooled granddaughter!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Jesi! We sincerely appreciate you.

[@PeeWeeHenson]

BROTHER, I LOVE THE HISTORY LESSONS.

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it, bud!

[@PeeWeeHenson]

@@GrandAdventure WE'RE BACK IN RENO FOR THE PAST WEEK AND BOGGED DOWN WITH FAMILY OBLIGATIONS, CURSORY VISITS TO THE DOCTOR AND DENTIST, AND CHASING DOWN THE PAIN IN THE ASS MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY PAPER WORK FOR TURNING 65. I'LL BE GLAD WHEN THAT SHIT IS DONE. THEN IT'S BACK OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA FOR US AGAIN.

[@conniek8780]

Extremely interesting video! Sorry we couldn’t make the premiere. We were outside enjoying the nice weather and forgot! Btw - those onion rings looked very yummy!

[@GrandAdventure]

Seems to me that you found a far better way to enjoy your Wednesday evening, Connie.

[@stevec2665]

What a great video and I love the old pictures! It makes you wonder if we could accomplish projects like this anymore. Heck we can't even get California to build a desalinization plant when it is a glaring need.

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it Steve! We seem to be of a very different mindset these days.

[@pennysaufley8974]

I just have to share our story of Glasgow. We were on our way back home from family in WI and MN and I didn’t want to take the 94 again (remember my fam is from ND) so thought we could take the 2. It also gave us the opportunity to go to the aviation museum in Minot. So, little did we realize that they were doing construction on the 2 and RVs weren’t advised. And I’m driving. Got some stares from the construction workers that inferred, “What the hell are you doing here?!?” But we made it just fine to Glasgow. The next day we were going to go out to the lake but it rained cats and dogs so unfortunately it was a dvd day. The next day we had to take off for Great Falls as I was still working. Preparing to leave I FELL off the RV steps and injured my knee! Holy crap, what a mess. So thank you for the positive experience. Now I want to go back!

[@GrandAdventure]

That sounds like what I would call a cluster. Got to go back, it's a beautiful area.

[@mikemurphy2764]

I'm a Montanan but , only been to Fort Peck once. About 1987 I think. I did not know all of the history. Thank you. I enjoyed it very much.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Mike! Glad to show you that there's more there than you remember.

[@moretoliving2236]

This was so interesting. Right up my alley as I am involved in this line of work. Technology did not change much since then. In fact in our operations a lot of equipment is circa 1940s-1970s and running still.

[@GrandAdventure]

Very cool MTL! Better that than sitting in a parts graveyard somewhere.

[@davidhillbrand2302]

Great video! As always, you open our eyes to yet another location to add to our "must visit" list! Safe Travels.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you David, and same to you!

[@mccarthy7566]

Off the beaten path, for sure!

[@GrandAdventure]

Ya think? 😄 I laughed so hard at that mural in Glasgow, because it's so true.

[@larrymiller8210]

Thanks!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Larry!

[@doughukill9595]

great video; as a local you did a very good job, both my grandfather a dredge super. and my great uncle a cat operator worked there. both families lived in wheeler. my uncle was at the sluff off and lived.

[@GrandAdventure]

Oh my Doug! That's a fascinating personal connection. Appreciate your input, and thank you very much.

[@peteacevedo3411]

Great video Mark you find the best historical spots. Really enjoyed this spot.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Pete! Happy that we could bring you there.

[@daveholte7658]

Well done video. My backyard playground… You do your homework and wonderful documentation My son his wife and grandson live and work in Ft Peck Glasgow MT known as the Middle of Nowhere…, Thanks again great work

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Dave! Glad that you enjoyed it, we appreciate that you watched.

[@alanjones9884]

I got behind on episodes and I'm catching up. I added Fort Peck to my bucket list. Thanks for your video.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you for watching, Alan!

[@joyces3550]

Hi Marc! Great work! Love Montana, never see enough of it! Fun travels!!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Joyce, and same to you!

[@bertkelly7650]

Wow Mark! Why haven't I heard of that lake/ dam before? You have a habit of showing us stuff we never saw before which is why I'm a subscriber. Thanks again!

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it Bert! You've probably never heard of it because it's a couple of hundred miles past nowhere. 😄

[@laughingram7287]

Very cool history of Fort Peck and the dam. I think between the two campgrounds, I would have opted for the downstream one with all the shade. It just looked nicer. Thank you Marc, Ram 👍🏼👍🏽

[@GrandAdventure]

It was definitely nicer, Ram - we completely agree. However, those giant cottonwoods visible on satellite imagery scared our Starlink away.

[@BigMoOnTheMove]

Great job putting this video together. Thank you

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it Brian, thank you!

[@steverobinson5492]

Another great video Mark.........thanks!!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks again Steve!

[@MoutainGuyAdventures]

Awesome review. My grandparents and father had a ranch just north of that dam near Opheim. I have pics of them at the grand opening of the dam.

[@GrandAdventure]

Very cool MGA! Thank you very much.

[@daviscrt]

Great information. Love the history of each place you visit. Thanks Don

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it Don, thank you as always.

[@therollingstone5495]

Very good history lesson. It brought back many memories of my two month visit to Montana in 2020. I started in Poplar and headed west or route 2 to Glacier NP. Then zig zaged south to Yellowstone NP. Great video!!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you TRS! Glad that you enjoyed this one, it was fun for us to do.

[@tg569]

Fascinating Mark, Thanks for sharing the experience

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks so much for coming along, TG!

[@garymann5998]

Very Very interesting Marc, it's just amazing what they could build many years ago with the technology that was available. Nothing like that could be built these days too much red tape, and probably not find enough workers either. Man that fish looked awful good, hope it tasted as good as it looked. Travel safe.

[@GrandAdventure]

Very true Gary! And yep, that walleye was as good as it looked. Safe travels to you as well!

[@garygoerke7684]

Like always Mark, Great Job! USA history is Great People with determination. Amazing! 🙂

[@GrandAdventure]

That was the most fascinating angle of the story in our opinion, Gary. Appreciate your kind words!

[@gina50gina]

The Fort Peck Dam was an amazing project! I found the shanty town photos really interesting, and the old cars, wow.

[@GrandAdventure]

Happy that you enjoyed it, Suzane!

[@lnazworth]

Great history lesson!

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@SevenBears1]

I'm sure it will be worth the wait

[@patireland3345]

Great history lesson. Thanks for sharing.

[@GrandAdventure]

And thank you for watching, Pat!

[@brookeshaffer4377]

Excellent research Marc! Fascinating.Thanks🌟

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it Brooke! Thank YOU.

[@tracymeskel2839]

Thanks Marc. Another great video.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you as always, Tracy!

[@cpwatching5647]

Had Walley the other night!! Well done as always. We are off again up north a bit too. Take care.

[@GrandAdventure]

You too! Safe travels, hope to cross paths someday.

[@cic-jakevanddalgeemyers.2739]

Cool man.........

[@scenicdriveways6708]

Nice video Marc, The Mountain West will always be my favorite place to visit & explore. I saw 4 unattended RV's have the awning ripped off by surprise winds in Utah. People should always take them in before leaving. And don't trust those automatic awning to take them in if it gets windy. JT

[@GrandAdventure]

Hey JT! Honestly, there's beauty in every corner of this great nation, some places you just have to look harder than you do in others. 😄

[@scenicdriveways6708]

@@GrandAdventure Yes, that's what we've found too. Despite all America's problems and shortcomings, it truly is a beautiful country.

[@akgobears]

Wow, that lake is big....Walleye is the best, love that stuff !!! Travel safe, be well...

[@GrandAdventure]

Yep, it's mighty tasty, and that lake is positively massive. Same to you!

[@joser709]

I absolutely love your Chanel. You do such a wonderful job at highlighting the areas you visit. Every episode feels like a documentary from the Travel Chanel.

[@GrandAdventure]

Wow, thank you Jose! We're very happy to hear that you're enjoying them.

[@mwgill1]

Quite informative! Thanks, Marc.

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching!

[@cottontail8012]

Hey terrific! I grew up just south of there at the rest area at the intersection of hwy 200. We fished there constantly at a spot called Nelson Creek. Wasn’t a creek . But big fish!! Northern Pike and walleye.

[@GrandAdventure]

We can believe that! We had a great time there, thanks for sharing your experiences there growing up.

[@GimpyCamper]

Great video! Good job telling the history and what it’s links.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Barratt!

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

thanks for the history Marc, very cool.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks for watching, oe!

[@melodyisaac8648]

My father in law use to be the pastor in poplar mt. Nice little area.

[@GrandAdventure]

Very cool, Melody. We came close to Poplar after leaving, as close as Wolf Point.

[@timaz1066]

Thank you Mark for another excellent video. I really enjoy all the information in history you put in your videos, please keep up the excellent work.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks as always Timaz! We appreciate your viewership.

[@mistymeaner1753]

Wow! I'm from Circle. Just south of there. I never see a Fort Peck video... It's sort of a road less traveled.

[@GrandAdventure]

Yes it sure is, Misty, which is why we enjoyed it so much.

[@surfpapo]

We enjoy your videos it takes time to learn the history from town to town & putting all this together, nice journey ✌🏽☮️

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks 👍! Really, we love learning about the places that we're in, so we're doing that anyway, video or not. All we do in the video is share what we've learned ourselves.

[@surfpapo]

@@GrandAdventure keep the good work MG

[@bgg2962]

New to the channel. Really enjoying it! Stay safe! 👍😀

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks and welcome! You do the same.

[@normgibson6565]

Another one to put inn my barrel list thanks as always

[@GrandAdventure]

Our pleasure Norm, thank you as always. Will we be seeing you again among the cacti in January?

[@normgibson6565]

@@GrandAdventure I was hoping to but looks like I will be recovering from a hip replacement.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@normgibson6565 wishing you the best outcome, Norm.

[@danielsmyth2646]

Very informative!

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching.

[@cribbage1686]

Interesting information. Thx.

[@GrandAdventure]

You bet, thanks for watching!

[@travelingmertonandsue]

A wonderful video thank you very much for all the history, very interesting! I have nearly watched all of your videos and I'm soon to run out and will be sad, lol. >Merton ✌😎👌

[@GrandAdventure]

You'll just be current, Merton. You'll never run out. 😉

[@moore_2_explore]

Absolutely great episode on a place we happened across last year. The history is compelling and I have to tell you what a great job you did sharing it! Sorry we had to miss the premiere last night. I keep meaning to tell you also, your new intro is really nice!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed this one. It's so far off most people's radar, mostly because, well...it's so far off! 😉

[@campingalan]

Hi Marc...my old stomping grounds there. I had a career setback by having to serve 2 years in army recruiting. We lived in Billings and I covered the eastern half of MT and northern half of WY. The duty sucked....but, of course, the region is nice. Safe travels!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Billings isn't bad. The rest of eastern Montana is pleasant to visit, but if I had to live there I think I'd slit my wrists.

[@Sir-Rich]

❤️

[@markbabcock40205]

Great video Mark. A couple friends and I camped at Ft. Peck in 2019 on a tour out west. Thanks for the history lesson! Very interesting

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Mark! Glad that you enjoyed it.

[@JarheadAndGingersJourney]

Interesting but tragic history.

[@GrandAdventure]

We found it fascinating to see the old photos, then go out and try to find their location to see what it looked like now.

[@gorrdd]

Thanks Marc. Loved the mini documentary preceding your review of the area and it's amenities. You make it look so inviting. It looked like virtually all the local roads were gravel. Is that correct? Thanks again, Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it, Gord! Yep, pretty much every rural road that wasn't a state road was gravel.

[@IceLynne]

👍👍👍

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Lynne!

[@swansodi]

Been awhile ago, but my oldest son would work as a fire fighter etc for the federal government during the summers when he was in college. I thought that was where he worked out of one summer. I texted him and sure enough I was right. I very clearly remember him working in a very remote area of NE Montana, just didn't remember the name.

[@GrandAdventure]

Very cool, Dian! Happy that we were able to show you where he was stationed.

[@timothyjohnson8036]

Marc another get video .. I got a few calls and got so far behind..

[@GrandAdventure]

Hahaha! No worries, Timothy, thanks for watching as always.

[@cindyjohnson6656]

Looking for the harvest host location you camped on river by Dolores river. You have it on your into shoot.

[@GrandAdventure]

It's not a Harvest Host, Cindy, it's called Along The River RV Camping. You'll find it by that name on Campendium.com.

[@gorrdd]

Marc, It's going to be hard topping GNP from last week. But I'm sure this will be interesting. You always make it work... Where are you located now? Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

Southeastern Iowa, at the moment.

[@gorrdd]

@@GrandAdventure That's a long way from Montana. Looks like a mad dash eastward before November hits. Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

@@gorrdd in a sense that's true as my weekly moves have gotten a bit longer. However, I'm also slightly further ahead in producing videos which may make it seem like I'm moving faster than I am. The next three episodes are already filmed, edited and uploaded.

[@gorrdd]

@@GrandAdventure That's amazing you are three weeks ahead, Marc. That's allot of work. You must have more time on your hands or making better use of it. Yes, if that the case, you are simply moving onward in a more progressive pace ahead of normal schedule. Basically covering more ground with less layovers. Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

@@gorrdd exactly. For where I am right now I filmed Sunday, and Monday and Tuesday after work, when was satisfied that I had this destination adequately covered. So by Wednesday night the production was done and I can now simply sit back and relax the rest of the week, or get other things done. It's both refreshing and sorely needed.

[@phillip5545]

Enjoyed your video. Just a suggestion, most folks call 'Public Lands' BLM land. Technically, BLM land is incorrect. They are 640,000,000 wonderful glorious acres mostly in the West that are owned by all Americans; you and me. They are indeed 'Public Lands'. BLM only manages this land for us. Enjoy them while you can because there is an ongoing attempt to privatize all of our 'Public Lands'. To learn more, Google 'the privatization of Public Lands'. Please consider voting AGAINST these folks who want to take them away from us. It's no joke!

[@GrandAdventure]

You're of course correct. Of course as well, it is also correct that "public lands" includes too National Forest lands, National Parks, DoD-managed land, state lands, and others. Referring to those lands as BLM, as opposed to USFS for example, differentiates between the two.

[@drewpackman2929]

Drove through the area on the way home from Alaska a week ago and I wouldn't give 2 cents for it. A boring, dry and forlorn area. The people were all on welfare without any personal initiative also.

[@GrandAdventure]

Drew, perhaps you just have to look a little harder next time. There's beauty and inspiration to be found everywhere, it's just sometimes more hidden than other times.

[@timebanditrvtravels3449]

good video my friend kiss Cloie for me

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Carl, will do!