We woke up to a great morning in Helena, MT! We enjoyed YUMMY cooked-to-order breakfast, packed the car up - AGAIN, and then headed into downtown Helena for some sites!
The museum was AWESOME! Did you know there were Metis in MT? Lots of Cree from MN!??! It was cool . . I had to take a pick of this display . . what an interesting way to efficiently kill the buffalo!!
We took this train tour that picked us up right in front of the museum. Our tour guide was hilarious and created a great tour! We saw the capitol, some mansions, some homes of miners, beautiful churches . . . Of course - because of the mining for gold - people came from all over the country - and world - to try their luck.. . which makes Helena VERY diverse and rich in cultures!
The next pictures are all for Bongo. This is the area that he lived and worked in when he was in Helena. We ate at his restaurant and meandered thru this little village area :)
This is a mural honoring women. It was just cool.
Have you noticed that every city kind of has its statues? Like we had the Snoopy statues all over town? Billings had something too - and Helena has these dogs. . . we thought they were cool . . .
Back on the road - and seriously THE. MOST. BEAUTIFUL drive up into the mountains! (although it did seem to go on for a very long time . . so much so that when we first got cell service again, I called Lonny to check the internet to make sure we were going the right direction! :)
This is what we looked like after driving through mountains with the windows down! :)
AHHHHHHH. . . IDAHO!
We checked into our TOTALLY COOL motel - complete with House Cat (BeeJay)!!! . .and then went to find food . . the Beacon was the biggest mistake . . crappy service . . meh food. . . but we were ready to sleep anyway!
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