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Travel Blogs from Helena
Winter returns with a Vengeance...
... the Dark Ages of the 1960s. Dave aka Granny, stopped by for a night's visit on his way back to Minnesota from his visit in Arizona. He wasn't content there, what with all of the warmth and lack of snow and ice. A true northerner, that he is.
The Christmas lights have appeared in the neighborhood and are adding a ...
Another coach problem
... that would come to the park and install it (calls to Winnebago dealers in a 100 mile area ended with they were too busy to fix it), and call us back the next morning. We were really happy to hear that Winnebago no longer used that jack, and the company had to make us one since no one else did either. So did what we do best....drove into town and bought candy!
The next day we waited on the call back from Winnebago. When 1:30 came and ...
Visitors from the East...
... potato salad. Maggie brought over a dish of cooked chard from their garden. And, the wine flowed, blended in with conversation about all things interesting. We broke up after dark, having had plenty of stimulation for one night.
Our friends took Friday off, since Alex was enamored with the watts and all...
On Saturday morning we met up again and hiked a loop on Mount Helena. Neither Lynnie nor I had been up ...
Helena
... stories from our trip. Later that evening all of us went to our cousins' house for dinner. Their house is located on the side of a mountain. The views were great and everyone commented on how it must look so picturesque in the winter with all the snow on the mountain.
The hosts were very gracious and the meal was delicious; a welcome break to all the highway food that we have been consuming.
The next day some of us went ...
First trip out of Helena
... played a bit of solitaire and I read and did some email and such. I've been trying to keep up on the Helena fire, but haven't had much luck yet. Mel, our daughter-in-law, had texted Lynn earlier. She had helped her sister evacuate their shop near the path of the fire. Lots of scary stuff going on there, but no real problems for them, yet.
That's about it for now. I hope to have a few pictures tomorrow, so stop on back.
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