Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Some of the pictographs at Pictograph Cave State Park are more than 2,200 years old.
For visitors looking to add a little Old West experience to their Billings stay,
Pappy's
Cowboy Cookout
(I-90 east to exit 462, south on Pryor Creek Road to the first gate on
the right, 406/348-2048 or 406/672-5941,
www.westernromancecompany.com
,
dawn-dusk
May 1-Sept. 30, call for prices), 15 minutes southeast of downtown, offers a gourmet cow-
boy dinner under the big sky. Guests arrive at the chuckwagon camp in a covered wagon.
Games like horseshoes and calf roping are available at the camp, and live country music
rounds out the evening. Trail rides can be arranged separately.
While Billings is more often thought of as a place for supplies rather than boutique shop-
ping, there are a number of interesting shops worth visiting. The
Meadowlark Gallery
(118
N. 29th St., 406/294-8575,
www.meadowlarkgallery.com
, 10am-5pm Tues.-Fri., Sat. by ap-
pointment), specializing in Western and sporting fine art, is like a museum, with more than
500 works decorating the walls. The gallery includes a sporting and firearms room, a lib-
rary with several of the owners' topics on Western artists, and an impressive collection of
