Super 8 Motel - 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 ...

... bridge fully clothed. That was red neck funny, Matty and I had the best entertaining start to the day we could hope for. <br><br>The rest of the ride was all downhill to the boarder. We camped on the cliff of Lake Koocanusa or koo-can-usa, a silly name from the dam treaty set up back in the 70's. But a magical spot. There we read, swam, cooked, met some local kids staying at their batch for the weekend. They had a massive cabin, 4wd trucks, wake boarding boats ...

... 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>

... until it turned south at the town of Livingston (what a great name!). Suddenly, we were back along the Missouri River near Three Forks where the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin Rivers join to form the Missouri River. We visited the Missouri headwaters the last time we passed through this area. <br><br>We made it to the RV park 8 miles north of Helena about 1:00. Originally, we thought we would ...

 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 ...

This morning we were up early again to catch a scenic boat tour on Holter Lake, just a short drive from Helena. The area is called the "Gates of the Mountains" because Lewis &amp; Clark's party thought the big rocks jutting out into the river looked like they were opening and closing to let them into the mountainous canyon ahead ...

... have several other locations all around the state, so I&#8217;m sure we will eat there again before our visit is over.<br><br><br> <br><br>  Highlight of the Day:  Eating nice cold ice cream in the middle of nowhere while stopped for a construction pilot car to guide us further down the road.  Can't do that on a plane or car trip!  :D<br>

... before reaching Montana's capital of Helena, the I-5 gets interesting. You enter some canyon lands as the mountains rise above you and you follow the rivers and lakes of the low lands. What is neat is the road, still divided with great pavement and 130kph speeds, becomes super twisty. You get about 20 minutes of endless ess-curves at high speed - I've not seen anything like it anywhere else, it really got the heart going, especially ...

... doing what they want to do. They actually ask for her input on patients and while most of her patients are old men, they aren't grumpy, bitter, or dirty, and usually treat her like she's their granddaughter. Helena's still pretty sweet, we're still exploring the ins and outs. I just found an adult soccer league and actually played a fun 8 v 8 pickup game with them a couple of weeks ago. I got a sweet goal off the left foot (too easy to miss really) but ...