Best Western Paradise Inn Dillon

Wow, my first impression of Montana has been to stay on a hundred year old ranch in an old farmhouse. The owners still use horse drawn wagons to feed the cows and such. (It is cheaper then gas these days). The ranchhouse itself was an old log cabin that had been upgraded to include electricity and running water, yet was still ...

... small fee and was able to sit out and swim in the natural hot springs swimming pools. Later I drove southwest to Big Hole National Battlefield. I started at the visitor center and watched a video on the history here. This had been the site where Nez Perce fled the U.S. Army troops and fought here in 1877. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but it mostly ...

Our grandparents are so sweet and old. My dad's dad Grandpa Russell Mommer remarried when his wife Lois died back in the 70's. His second wife, our Grandma Hope Mommer, is just as sweet as he is. They live in the small Montana town of Dillon where, except for the smaller neighboring town of Twin Bridges, the nearly-barren western mountains roll on for hundreds of miles in every ...

I have broken the Continental Divide for the first time, Chief Joseph Pass, the first of many from what i have read. I have gone over the 7,000 foot elevation mark twice in the last two days and I an nearly out of Montana. In the following states the heights go over 9,000 and then 11,000, dear God. It was certainly good for me to take some R&R in New Meadows, it seemed to charge up the batteries, though like any rechargable battery they rarely get back to their initial energy level ...

We visited the only military memorial in the world that marks the place of a great defeat. This is Little Bighorn or Custer's last stand. We were treated to an hour long lecture on the battle. The lecture, instead of focusing on Custer, presented the battle from the side of the victors. We will always remember this place as the battle of the Greasy ...

... Bighorn Research Association (YBRA). The camp was closed, but the Dutchers', who live at the base of Mount Maurice, loaned us a key so we did get the opportunity to sample the expansive view of the Palisades from the Fanshawe Lodge Porch. We will always remember the generous hospitality the Ducthers' showed us. We stayed in Red Lodge and enjoyed a dinner at a local pizza place.

... car, packed what was in it into the trailer and truck, found room for me and the dogs, and we were on our way again this afternoon about 1 pm ... pulled into Livingston about 8:30 pm. We are both dreading tomorrow, praying the truck hangs in there going over the Rockies. And there you have it! The continuing story of "us"! It is SO wonderful to be in this country again! The air is clean and it smells so good, and the mountains are awesome. I will never tire of being in the ...

... we're there. Only two weeks left in Bozeman, then we head to Spokane, Prineville (Jody's hometown) and the Portland, OR where we meet up with our team and fly to Zagreb, Croatia. So many stinking details to take care of before you leave home for 2 months. Maybe that means I have to many strings attached to my life. I finally figured out how to get my bills payed while I'm gone though, so that's good. I'm also incredibly excited that Jody and I get to have a ...

Hi, we made it out of Las Vegas without losing our shirts and we don't have to hitch hike home,we stayed last nite in Utah a small place called Burley with no internet cafe, that day was long 10 hours so the beer in the room tasted really great! Today was better only 8.5 hrs. drove through snow rain but the roads were good. We are only 3.5 hrs. from Lethbridge and Junes so far the trip has been good bye for now Ron,Erin and Annette.