Butte War Bonnet Hotel

Okay, montana is wonderful and all, but i'm sooo ready to go home and get ready for our trip. as of yesterday, both of us finally hold the ticket for our flights, at least the international part (JFK-IST). i'm stoked to see ny on the way. now to tackle the rest of my to-do list!

... local library for a few hours - we are missing our library at home !) Anyway, After several days we were able to get back on the road and have just made it to Missoula and are at the KOA here. This was our first KOA of our trip and will probably be the last as tomorrow we should be in Spokane and then to Seattle. Wow, I cannot believe we have come full circle and am now thinking about what life will hold when we get back home. It will be approaching fall and I am ...

... and Motel. Great food and the owner is a very nice older lady. She knew almost all the customers by name and was great to us.<br><br>We got into Butte in the early evening and this is where I-90 and I-15 cross. I asked Barb if she wanted to take I-15 south to Vegas and she emphatically said NO! I told her she was committed if we go east of I-15 and she said she was going without me if I headed home. I of course, was testing her and she passed with ...

Today we left the vast openness of Montana and climbed into the mountains, through Idaho and into Washington. We crossed the Columbia Plateau in Washington with its huge wheat fields and semi-arid range land for about 100 miles. Besides wheat we passed fields of alfalfa, corn soy beans, peas, as well as vineyards. After crossing the Columbia River at the Gorge we again climbed into the mountains. The day was very hot until we stopped at Cle Elum in the mountains, where it was very pleasant

... immediately. He was in his socks because he was at home -- he, his sister and her husband live in the mansion. It is an immense place. It is stuffed with Victorian furniture and bric-a-brac of every description, as befits a Victorian mansion. <br><br>Dad and Mom chose Andrea's room (pronounced the European way). It was sunny and very nice. We were in the Family Suite, with its own bathroom. A huge room with two beds, it also has lots of Victorian ...

... wasn't what we were looking for. Pork Chop John's is an old Butte favorite. Finally, we checked out the Chef's Garden on S. Montana, another Italian place. This place was just right! Delicious, authentic homemade Italian food, cute villa-style interior, Chianti-wax-drip candles, Ol' Blue Eyes playing, and $11-$13 per person. I will definitely go here again.<br><br>After dinner the heat had broken and the sun had ...

... it was still warm, Wendell and I had a slice&#8230;.with a bit of butter (not that plastic kind) &#8230;and both agreed it was one of the best breads we&#8217;ve made in quite a while. I&#8217;m going to include the recipe now because I know, without a doubt, that you&#8217;ll want to try it. <br><br>English Muffins in a Loaf (makes 2 loaves)<br><br> 2 pkgs Active Dry Yeast<br><br>6 cups flour<br><br>1 TBS sugar<br><br>2 tsps salt<br><br>¼ tsp baking soda ...

... Montana Air Pollution, and the Courts, 1890-1924" by Donald MacMillan: The copper mining and smelting communities of Butte and Anaconda, Montana, today host the largest Superfund cleanup site in the United States. Hazardous waste and companies that place profit before environmental concerns have long plagued Montana's mining and smelting industries, according to this provocative history of air pollution. "Smoke Wars ...

... in motels on the whole but has found that if gets to them too late they have turned him away - so the odd night he has had to camp. His water filter has broken so he's on just chlorine tablets. Oh and he's lost his UK sim so please don't text him on it. To explain the title of the entry Mark told me that he has seen a bear but it saw him and ran away! Well if you have ever seen Mark with 2 weeks beard growth you will understand how the bear felt.

... and we're still very high above sealevel so it's not the easiest climb back up. We head away from the canyon and drive past the lake and head East out of the park. We head up over a high pass (about 9500ft) which had roadworks and a long queue. Over the other side we get into a lovely valley and we follow the river towards Cody. There are lovely rocky hills on either side but there are very few trees so it looks quite barren in places. Cody is like ...