Park Plaza Lodge Helena

Hey fans, sorry I'm writing so late. Anyway, I was right. We did move to Montana, except my Daddy is going to send me off to boarding school in NYC to make me happy (but he's giving me the choice), so I feel really bad. I live in one place, I move to another, I go on vacation to one place, I just moved to another and now I ...

... we were sitting at 4800ft, three passes jumping back and forward over the great divide. We had steep climbs, freezing rain, bog mud which clogged up my bike to the point the wheels wouldn't turn. Two flat tires' It was hard going and pretty much riding from morning to night with temperatures ranging from 3 to 27 degrees, staying mostly under 10 but the occasional changes would happen in the same hour. One great thing came out of this difficult part of our trip and ...

... of those orders. Its what ever is ready is served. Also the servings were plentiful.<br><br>We then left White Sulphur Springs and headed back south on US-12 and then west at the junction with US-89. On US-12 we went up a long hill for quite a way then at the top we went down through a really scenic canyon that was full of pine trees and other greenery plus a white water creek of snow melt. At the bottom of the canyon you come to the town of ...

... The springs flow into the Missouri River via the shortest river in the world, the Roe River. It is just 8 feet long.<br><br>From the Lewis and Clark sites, we switched gears and went to the Charles M. Russell (the cowboy artist) Gallery, Home, and Studio. We did not know that he was born and raised in St. Louis. There was some beautiful artwork and the studio and house were interesting. It was definitely worth our time.<br><br><br><br><br>

... 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.

... the sun on the deck of   Karmadillo's restaurant in Reeder's Alley &#8211; a really welcome treat seeing as how we have not seen much sun since we left the Nevada desert!  For dessert we again missed the famed huckleberry ice cream, so unfortunately we will have no choice but to go get this for breakfast tomorrow morning.  ;)

 After cleaning up the various snow messes this morning, we checked out of our RV park late and went to the Yellowstone IMAX movie in West Yellowstone.  By the time we emerged (not terribly impressed with the movie, mind you), the clouds had cleared and it had turned into a lovely afternoon!  That made me feel a bit disappointed then ...

... away. We were immediately welcomed into the surgery by the receptionist Leanne, and the dentist Jason, was also standing there when we walked in. I said "we're not from around here but we need a dentist!" they all laughed and said "well we would never have guessed that!" I suppose we must have sounded pretty foreign to them! Jason the dentist was able to see me within 10 minutes although he seemed very busy! After an x-ray and a look, it ...

... malls near BSA. I informed Peng that what we personally would really like to see is the "real Manila," seen through Filipino eyes. Yeah. Didn't know what I was asking for.........! Haha He and Claudette decided to take us to a marketplace under some bridge where handmade handicrafts from the outlying provinces are sold, and then on to Intramuros (otherwise known as Old Manila). Sounded like a plan to me. To make it through traffic for many miles, we traveled Filipino-style ...

... blast and it was also good for her because she's going a little crazy staying cooped up in her parents house. So we spent most of the weekend hanging out with her and staying up too late talking. Then drive back and hit a snow storm about 30 miles from Helena and that takes us about an hour and a half to get through. Really light small snow that was just blowing across the highway like a sand storm and covering the lanes and stuff. Really weird and spooky ...