{"id":34292,"date":"2024-10-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?p=34292"},"modified":"2024-10-25T12:05:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T19:05:25","slug":"gateway-towns-fort-benton-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/26\/gateway-towns-fort-benton-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Towns: Fort Benton, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are moments or places on rivers that feel like portals, like openings to other realms. Like the deep canyons of the Jarbridge and Bruneau rivers, where steam from natural hot springs rises in otherworldly swaths. Or the painted hoodoos that lend a lunar feel to the Lower Owyhee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And then there are communities, human hamlets that are, themselves, gateways to rivers. We get excited about doing our pre-trip rounds through town, and we come to associate particular grocery or liquor stores or gas stations or city parks with the river trip itself. We find our favorite campgrounds or motels to stay at the night before launch, and our favorite splurgy dinners-out before days of eating from coolers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n