We have made numerous stops since our last post. We drove to Kalispell to meet some Boomers who were camped at the Elk's Lodge. Dick and Carolyn, Barry and Cindy, and Allan and Jeanne went out to eat at a Pizza Restaurant and had a nice chat afterwards. It is always good to meet new people and hope to see them down the road. All the women were left handed and all the men were right handed. This means that only the women were in their right minds. Right?
We departed Hungry Horse and drove around the southern end of Glacier National Park.
We stopped at Browning, Mt. to visit the Museum of the Plains Indians. That was quite interesting and not expensive. It is a small town but it was booming with people. They were having the North American Indian Days which is one of the largest gatherings of US and Canada tribes. It consists of 4 days of contest dancing, sports and socializing.
The landscape began to change as we drove to Choteau, Mt. to rolling hills and fewer trees.
We dry camped at the city park. No hook ups but they had water and dump station for $8 a night. This was a large park with walking trails, community building where a wedding reception was taking place, rodeo grounds, and picnic area. We drove around town and saw down town, churches, hospital, municipal buildings and restaurants.
There did not appear to be many houses for sale like most towns have these days. It has less than 2000 population but looks like a nice little town. Not long after we unhooked the RV a storm came up. They were predicting heavy winds and hail. The sky got dark and we did get some rain but it did not last long.
The worst of the storm passed further north of us. Allan got a picture of a double rainbow.
We attended church Sunday morning. Choteau is near one of the most important paleontology sites in the world. (Egg Mountain)
Allan signed us up for the Escapees chapter rally for Montana, Idaho and Wyoming to be held at Devils Elbow Recreation Area about 12 miles from Helena, Mt. We pulled in a day early as did our friends Ken and Bea and got good sites. Both had a good view of the lake.
The sites were huge with gravel, large enough for two RV's at $5 a night with America the Beautiful Senior Pass card. Water was available before you pulled into your site but no dump station .
We met new friends and enjoyed good food, games and socializing.
While we were there we went on a boat tour of the lake which is a dammed section of the Missouri River. This was very informative and beautiful.
We saw many different birds including vultures, eagles, and pelicans. Lewis and Clark explored this area. We were able to run the generator some during the day so I did some genealogy work. Two of the days were quite warm, but we also had winds several days. Allan put our awning out, one of the very few times we have had it out and the wind got it and bent a piece on the awning arm.
On Thursday we headed for Butte, Mt. We got some pictures just before coming down into the valley of Butte.
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