Tully In Helena MT

 

We drove into Helena today and to get there we had to drive over a pass.  Beautiful country!  93 today!  With a breeze!

We stopped and got diesel, then Road Hog left Tully and I in the truck while he went shopping.  Tully and I people watched.  We saw a lot of older cowboys, some that could barely straighten up from all the bronco’s that they got kicked off of!  Most of them were so bow-legged!

Tully had to watch everything and everyone.  

This house is now a museum, but it used to be the original governor’s mansion.  Free tours if you are interested.

Here is an old homestead.  I would love to go exploring but it was too out in the open.  Imagine all the old tools and such I could find!

This is how a lot of ranchers are now storing their hay for the winter.  It isn’t uncommon for the ranchers to feed out of 2 or 3 year old stacks.  Ranchers can put up 300 tons of hay a lot faster then putting it up in bales.  Because the stacks are domed, they wick away moisture and snow.  The outside layer of the stack may start to brown, but inside the hay stays green and fresh.

I heard a rumbling earlier and stepped outside to see this train.  Not a whole lot of noise which I was pretty surprised.  Look how close to us it was…

It’s pretty close!  But he didn’t use his horn, just slipped on by.

God bless America!

Dinner tonight was barbecue chicken.  Buying that little barbecue/smoker was money well spent!  We also had a salad with it which isn’t in the photo.

Tomorrow we will go into the town of Deer Lodge to eat some supper, and maybe even visit Old Montana Prison Museum.  I hear that it is haunted!  My cup of tea!