Montana is where our truck and RV are registered and our mail is forwarded so I guess you could say Montana is our "home" state.
Virginia City
Virginia City sprung up in the 1860's gold rush. It is the West's best preserved gold mining towns with over 100 preserved buildings. It still has the boardwalks that lawless men walked 150 years ago.
There are several shops still stocked as they were all that time ago.
Out of context this wild 3 wheeler roared bye.
Hangman's Building.
As the town grew it filled with unruly lawless men, the town folk got together and formed a vigilante group to control the miners. Hangings were a regular occurrence in the town so they used this building with a firm rafter to carry out the hangings.
The mandatory stagecoach ride around town.
We opted for the restored fire engine tour.
Here are 5 marked graves, some of hanged "road agents", each with an interesting and sometimes funny story.
Our rig from Boot Hill looking a little out of place in town.
Nevada City
Nevada City was an area next to Virginia City that was so wide spread they called it the "Fourteen-Mile City". Today there is a replica township they call "the Living City" where locals reproduce lifestyles and events from that bygone era.
A Pilgrim parts with his knowledge about flintlock pistols and rifles.
He went through the history of various models and how they were used by the military.
With a little assistance from yours truly he gets the job done.
One of the buildings houses a unique collection of music playing machines, most restored and in working condition.
This 1915 Wurlitzer DX Roll Changing Piano changes 6 pianola rolls each with 5 tunes. It plays when you drop 50 cents in the slot and it sounds great.
It is also the home of the Blackfeet Indians.
We got excited to see our first wolf. It turned out to be a coyote.
We saw a couple of cars stopped so we pulled over to find these huge black bears. Like they have radar, within minutes a ranger drove up screaming for everyone to get back in their vehicles. Apparently we were dangerously close to the bears.
The scenery is spectacular in every direction.
This lake is up in the mountain valley. I am sure there wasn't a road in so I wonder how they got this boat in.
We stopped for a drink and this inquisitive ground squirrel came up to me, probably looking for food.
This "Beargrass" flower only blossoms in abundance occasionally. We were lucky to be there at this time.
The Beargrass flourishes in this area of dead trees.
We were in a parking area when this deer wandered through, much to the attention of the dog.
We were told to drive up to Logan Pass on the Going-To-The-Sun Road late in the day.
The Going-To-The-Sun Road bisects the park. The drive is spectacular.
At Logans Pass we found a few Mountain Goats.
Chris took this picture of "The Garden Wall" looking into the sun from our moving truck. It turned out beautifully.
Weeping Wall.
Mount Oberlin.
Sunset through the valley.
The next day we went back to and over the Going-To-The-Sun Road.
We left early and the Red Tourist Buses had not picked up their passengers for the day.
Read about these Ford buses here: 1930's Ford Red Tourist Buses
Another rushing turquoise river.
I call this one "The Fisherman"
Columbia Falls
The House of Mystery
OK , I took these pics and I am amazed.
The concrete pad the boys are standing on is level.
The younger boy in red on the right seems a little shorter than his brother on the left
They change places and the boy in the red is taller.
We did this test with a number of people and in different "vortex's" around the property and the results were the same.
"Fort Hungry Horse"
A rather weird used goods store we came across on the southern road at the bottom of Glacier NP.
This store was full of interesting Indian artifacts and unusual items.
Here we are leaving the Blackfeet nation on the road to the Canadian Border.
Interesting iron sculptures fabricated from auto parts and scrap.
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