Sloway Campground - St Regis, MT

 We drove straight through Idaho (our FOURTH state) and into Montana (our FIFTH state). It is only around 70 miles across the section of Idaho we drove through, so not worth stopping.

This campground is just meant to be a short stop before we head up to the "real" riding. We needed a place to overnight with the horses before heading up to other stops. 

There is a horse campsite available here. Getting into the campsite is tricky as you have to drive through the non-equestrian site and there are trees throughout. Our 35' LQ barely managed it. Once you get into the campsite, it is no problem - although there are large rocks in the ground that you have to watch for so you don't take out any tanks under your trailer.

The horses have a large round pen with two nice feeders. The corral had a couple of wheelbarrows of manure in it left behind by previous campers. 

I spent a good hour cleaning the corral but it was worth it because it is a nice space for the horses.  No manure pile - you just throw the manure anywhere.

There is no electric, but there is water. The water is located in the main campground, so we put the buckets we use for the horses into the truck and drove to the campground to fill them up.

Here's Ari filling the buckets in the back of our truck.

Here's our trick for filling and carrying water buckets. We use large garbage bags and fill them with water, then close the bags with bale twine. That way the water doesn't slosh out when we are carrying it.

We hauled the buckets into the round pen. 

Lennox was super thirsty and he kept pushing his nose into the garbage bag trying to get to the water. It was like he was punching a giant water balloon with his nose and he was getting annoyed because - no water- where's the water?

Finally I got the bag open and pulled out the garbage bag so he could drink. 

There are trails here, but they aren't that great. Our campsite is right next to the Clark River. The afternoon temps here have been in the triple digits, so in the late afternoon Ari and I put on our swimsuits and just sat in the water. It was cold, but it felt wonderful.

The campsite is right next to the highway, so there is traffic noise. There are also train tracks on the other side of the river, so we were worried the trains would keep us awake, but the last train went by around 10 pm, so we were OK.

No cell service, but our Winegard has internet and our Dish satellite works.

I would recommend this campsite as a layover, but don't plan to spend a great deal of time here since the trails are pretty limited. We located the trails using Google Satellite images.