Taking US HWY 2 out of the Missouri-Yellowstone area, you drive west along the north side of the Missouri. I didn't see much to photograph so continued into Montana.

Fort Peck Lake - dammed Missouri - is surrounded by the Russell NWR. I wasn't equipped to access the lake on the gravel and dirt roads, so turned south on US HWY 191 at Malta and met the river at the west end of the refuge. The James Kipp Recreation Area (BLM) has a campground right at the south end of the Robinson Bridge within the NWR. This allowed me to stay for early and late light photography along the Missouri.

The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument meets the west end of the Russell National Wildlife Refuge a few miles up river. The Breaks can be accessed at points along gravel roads. The best way to experience the Breaks in the Lewis & Clark spirit is to be on the Missouri - you can cheat a bit and float down instead of rowing up. Two years after this 2007 trip I got to canoe down the river in June '09.