Wingate By Wyndham - Helena

... Utah to make her happy, and me, Nicolas, Poppy and Brian would have to go back and forth (sort of like moving) so I'm rather having a bad day.<br>So I'm going to go talk to my dad now, and see if everything's alright since I just talked about one of the most scariest things that may happen.<br><br>XOXO,<br>Lovegossip909<b r>

... The name is bigger than the town but it was still kinda quaint. We pulled into the park for lunch, live country and western music was being played for a bday in the park which defo gave me the feeling of being in American Montana, state of the horse ranchers, cowboys and cowgirls. Later we were visited by the Americans who had been smashing down beers at the pub; they mentioned you were allowed to tent in the park for a fee. Shortly after the Dutch couple turned ...

... don't consider that the noise they are making might be disturbing others. We had the fan going on the A/C as white noise most of the evening.<br><br>We did not even bother with the breakfast room here but got our stuff in the truck and headed to downtown Miles City to the 600 Cafe for breakfast. I'll just say this about breakfast this morning....it was not anywhere as good as any of the past breakfasts I've had at this cafe. We suspect it is ...

... 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>

... to build their building. The most impressive thing in the Montana capitol is a mural in the House chambers.. It is a 12' by 24' mural by Charles M. Russell, the famous cowboy artist. He lived in Great Falls, MT, and painted this huge mural for $5,000--before he became so famous. The picture depicts Lewis and Clark meeting Native Americans in Montana. <br><br>From the capitol, we visited the ...

... to be hundreds of years old, as well as some interesting rock formations and a nest of bald eagles! I was especially interested that the tour also went past Mann Gulch, the site where 13 USFS smokejumpers were killed in 1948. This event was detailed in Norman McLean&#8217;s book, &#8220;Young Men &amp; Fire&#8221;, and was the ...

... of the day was spent driving through ranching country. Closer to the mountains, the land is very like the foothills of Alberta. We decided that Montana really deserves the appellation of "big sky country" but could easily also be called 'big wind country' as we had constant winds throughout the day, which often slowed us to much less than the 70 mph speed limit. We drove through the ...

... and if I had gone through earlier I may have been spared this rather biblical-like plague, but it was really gross. It will take some work tomorrow to clean the bike up - I'll take pictures before I do. I wanted to get to at least Townsend tonight but the rains hit as I entered Helena so that signaled the en of my day. It was after 10pm anyway so I'll try to get an early start tomorrow. Total mileage today - 847km Total for trip - 7,941km

Another cold, clear day. The six of us (Jen, Bill, Fiona, Bridget, Tom &amp; Ruth) walked into the downtown area of Helena, which was unbelievably quiet. We stopped at the Parrot Shop for hot chocolates (Tom and Ruth) and cold drinks (Bill and the girls) - we are not that acclimatised; we needed the warmth of our hot ...

... for now... I hope you and yours had a sweet Halloween and are getting ready for the Best food fest in the west for Turkey day. Mmmm I just can't wait to have so much pie that it hurts and then fall asleep in a food induced drunken stupor on the couch until... Did someone say pie for breakfast??? Our fantastic Peace Corps friend in Billings and her family have graciously invited us to spend Thanksgiving with them. I'm slightly suspicious that it has ...