From Bigfork to Butte…

As we gassed up and prepared to head South from our cabin, we spotted this rustic trading post, went inside for a browse, along with a great piece of huckleberry pie, freshly homemade by the owner.
Who’d have THOUGHT that the owner and a friend would be Skype-ing with a family in Muldova? Amazing how the Internet can make a real-time connection between any two points on Earth.

On the way down, John got to check out a “wildlife sanctuary,” but the birds were pretty skimpy to see, other than a solitary hawk who scampered as we drove into the place.

Next, we stopped at Holland Lake, quite a pretty little resort area, as you can see?

There’s glamorous Jane with the Lake as backdrop.

Heading further south, an anachronism coming up the road? Had we gone through a time warp?

Butte is famous as an old mining town; we visited the World Museum of Mining to learn what we could.

This is the hoist used to move men into and out of the mine, as well as ore and waste rock (a LOT of that!), and for loading onto waiting freight cars for exportation.

And there’s Jane, in the street of a re-constructed mining town on the site. Pretty interesting place to visit!

Beautiful downtown Butte!