Comfort Inn Helena

... the choice to move again for the rest of the semester, but I moved too many times, so I really don't want to continue. Except, my mom and my dad's, marriage is out of place now, so they may divorce... Meaning that my Dad may move to Kentucky and get the job he's always dreamed of and my Mom would move to Tennessee or New York ...

... as well. 11 crazies in a park is quite a sight. Being a special occasion Matty and I celebrated by going for pizza with the others.<br><br>Our first day out of Eureka was large to say the least. We rode up two passes, first from 2800ft up to 5300ft, and second 3800ft to 5500ft. F"@K ME! The first pass was moderate, reaching the crest after a 15mile climb. The second was lethal and at the top we were beat. 60 miles of rocky back roads killed us that day. Red ...

... and the bottom of Canyon Ferry Lake. US-12 then turns toward the northwest and in about 30 miles we are in the capital of Montana....Helena.<br><br>We got checked in to the Super 8 which is not too far from the capital building and this place was a mess with half the parking lot closed for resurfacing. Then we rushed over to the historical museum to see if we could catch a tour bus that takes you around the city and tells one all ...

... in front of the dam. We feel like Lewis and Clark as we were at the falls on the exact date (June 13) that Meriwether Lewis first saw the falls. We were justt 204 years late. They were awesome falls. Lewis and Clark also found an additional four or five cataracts above the great falls. They had to portage over 18 miles around these falls, and were delayed almost a month.<br><br>We alsovisited Giant Springs, also discovered by Lewis and ...

... of St. Helena a few blocks away. This was our second surprise of the day. It was more beautiful than we had ever expected. We thought it compared to the most beautiful cathedrals that we saw in England and France. There were dozens of huge stained glass windows manufactured in Germany. 37 of them told Biblical history. <br><br>We came back to the motor home to crash, have dinner, and plan the days ahead.

 This morning it rained again and Jim and I finally got to sleep in a bit, although everyone else was up about 6:00 AM to take my sister to the airport for her flight back to San Luis Obispo.  When we woke up Jim talked to his Country Coach advisor, ran some errands and then had to make some fixes to our light system for the ...

... good to pass up.<br> <br><br> <br> Huckleberries (not pictured) look like small purple blueberries, but they are packed with more taste and they are much more tart. My uncle told us that they all must be picked by hand and that the pickers must be wary of bears because the plants grow so high in the mountains and have never really ...

Thursday 31st July We rang the surgery twice after 7am but got no answer so we drove in about 9 am. We met Jason and he managed to juggle some appointments around so that I could have the work done that day. We agreed on 1pm with a break after that and then further treatment to fit the crown at 5pm. So it was going to be a long day, stressful for me and a bit dull for the others. It was pretty horrible but by about 2pm my mouth was full of ...

... Court Chamber, Senate Chamber, Lobby of the House of Representatives and even went for a wee in the grand black and white tiled, marbled toilets - sorry Gill no picture :) Outside the sun was still shining and as we were both still full of chili with ice cream and toffee apple respectively, exercise was called for and handily enough Helena has a mountain - it is 5468 ft high but fortunately the start point of our ...

Besides the families of the girls I sponsor, Mike and I made some new friends in Manila. At Rosario's field office, Mike discovered that he and one of the staff (Joseph Cubar) share a passion for mountaineering. I wasn't in on the conversations between them, but here is a shot of the two of them reviewing photos Joseph took on his previous weekend adventure. The field agent that accompanied us on our visit with Rosario & her family was Rossana (not sure of the spelling). She is ...