Well I've Rolled and Ive Tumbled and I've cried the whole way through... ... thank you Dylan! That;s the only way to describe this Journey
Fri July 9th, 2010 Lewis & Clark st pk, Montana. 49* cool. Mosquitos... Big, Flatfoot Mosquitos. Let's blow this Taco stand...
Hwy 2 W is WOW Back country to Montana Rockies & hills. LaHood, MT ghost town. 1 store.. Depression era CCC camp. Jefferson River along Hwy 2 in beautiful valley.
A few miles back near Three Forks, MT... Jefferson River, Madison River, and Gallatin River converge into the headwaters of the Missouri River... one of the longest rivers in the US -- some 2,300+ miles, and was instrumental in Lewis & Clarks journey across the continent.
Whitehall, MT. quaint MT town... Three Forks, Sacajawea Hotel... Wow Tobbacco roots Mtns to South / Elkhorn mts to N ... both snowcapped.
hwy 2 back way into Butte Mt... Huge limestone rounded boulders and outcropps "rounded"... sanded down from sand blown erosion over time.
RR Bridge ??? to the mines?
Stumbled into Butte, Montana during http://www.nationalfolkfestival.com/
Butte is throwing a street party. everything booked... overbooked.. considering going on to Helena. Anaconda Booked! i want to see downtown..
Stumble onto "SAMBOREE" at the Butte Civic Center. Good Sam RV club state gettogether / jamboree is there. $60 for 3 days & has showers... take it. Thank you Big John & MT Samboree. Met AJ... just like my Grampa ; resourceful guy & still seeing the world at 80. And Joann, graceful & said stay w/ them in Missoula when passing thru. Great folks, I learned alot from them!
Butte is an interesting town and it's favorite son is none other... American daredevil legend Evel Knievel . (sorry Super Dave). Later learned that the Butte civic center-- our temporary weekend home while in butte... was the only building big enough to hold Evel Knievels funeral.
Downtown Butte drive. Old western mining town, & see Minerals museum at Montana State U campus WOW!!! & back to Samboree at 4 & Hot shower... get on bus across st shuttle to festival at 6pm.. Dale watson country music rock a billy, some swing dance... at 7;45
9;15 is ZYDECO dance tent w/ Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie... & they ROCKED the house.. Great zydeco rock & got to dance -- danced for my tribe... festival people didn't know how to dance... just hopped around & crowded the wooden dance floor like it was a rock concert... but still a great rockin dance w/ Geno (See the Dance Dirt review).
Another great day !!! Thank YEWWWW lord!
Butte MT "The Richest hill in the world"
None of this was planned; Ride it like you Stole it !!!!!
Friday July 9 Lewis and Clark Caverns Montana, near La Hood, MT
Well I've Rolled and Ive Tumbled and I've cried the whole way through... ... thank you Dylan! That;s the only way to describe this Journey
Hwy 2 W is WOW Back country to Montana Rockies & hills. LaHood, MT ghost town. 1 store.. Depression era CCC camp. Jefferson River along Hwy 2 in beautiful valley.
A few miles back near Three Forks, MT... Jefferson River, Madison River, and Gallatin River converge into the headwaters of the Missouri River... one of the longest rivers in the US -- some 2,300+ miles, and was instrumental in Lewis & Clarks journey across the continent.
Whitehall, MT. quaint MT town... Three Forks, Sacajawea Hotel... Wow Tobbacco roots Mtns to South / Elkhorn mts to N ... both snowcapped.
hwy 2 back way into Butte Mt... Huge limestone rounded boulders and outcropps "rounded"... sanded down from sand blown erosion over time.
RR Bridge ??? to the mines?
Stumbled into Butte, Montana during http://www.nationalfolkfestival.com/
Butte is throwing a street party. everything booked... overbooked.. considering going on to Helena. Anaconda Booked! i want to see downtown..
Stumble onto "SAMBOREE" at the Butte Civic Center. Good Sam RV club state gettogether / jamboree is there. $60 for 3 days & has showers... take it. Thank you Big John & MT Samboree. Met AJ... just like my Grampa ; resourceful guy & still seeing the world at 80. And Joann, graceful & said stay w/ them in Missoula when passing thru. Great folks, I learned alot from them!
Butte is an interesting town and it's favorite son is none other... American daredevil legend Evel Knievel . (sorry Super Dave). Later learned that the Butte civic center-- our temporary weekend home while in butte... was the only building big enough to hold Evel Knievels funeral.
Downtown Butte drive. Old western mining town, & see Minerals museum at Montana State U campus WOW!!! & back to Samboree at 4 & Hot shower... get on bus across st shuttle to festival at 6pm.. Dale watson country music rock a billy, some swing dance... at 7;45
9;15 is ZYDECO dance tent w/ Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie... & they ROCKED the house.. Great zydeco rock & got to dance -- danced for my tribe... festival people didn't know how to dance... just hopped around & crowded the wooden dance floor like it was a rock concert... but still a great rockin dance w/ Geno (See the Dance Dirt review).
Another great day !!! Thank YEWWWW lord!
Butte MT "The Richest hill in the world"
None of this was planned; Ride it like you Stole it !!!!!
