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 We headed into the back country on a beautiful day, light winds, sunny sky with big fluffy clouds, perfect! We were looking at the snow covered Absaroka-Beartooth mountains, absolutely gorgeous. Hardly any traffic, a few local ranchers but the scenery was gorgeous. The houses along the Stillwater River were very nice and the views they enjoyed were spectacular. We arrived in uptown/downtown Nye to visit the Nye Trading Post . Then we drove to the roads end where the huge Stillwater Mine was located. We found out that the mine produces Platinum and Palladium. We then headed back to Nye, Dean and Fishtail and finally arrived at the “World Renown - Grizzly Bar” in DOWNTOWN ROSCOE!  We had a great lunch and then headed back to the RVPARK! Next the “The Most Beautiful Road in America” 

 We left Eureka and headed south and a little east to the town of Three Forks. Beautiful drive light traffic. Okay, test time! It’s named Three Forks for what/why and who came up with the names of the 3 and who are they named for?(answers later) The pictures above are of the beautiful, old, gorgeous, luxurious Sacagawea Hotel.  Who was Sacagawea you ask! She was the Indian woman with baby Pomp who with her husband/interpreter/trapper Charbonneau who traveled with Lewis and Clark in their adventure west. They traveled the Missouri River from St. Louis thru what is now Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Missouri. They reached the end of the Missouri River and found that it was confluence of three rivers.  Answers! Lewis and Clark named these 3 rivers the: Jefferson after the President Thomas Jefferson Gallatin after Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin Madison after Secretary of State James Madison We visited The Three Forks of the Missouri NHL and Thre...

?  The weather has not been very good for picture taking or seeing the area but we took a a drive to Yaak on Sunday. YAAK? It is Montana’s most northwestern city! We drove 65 miles on 2 lane paved fire service roads. We saw evidence of recent fires and tree replanting. Up and over around and down top speed 45 mph and “yahoo” downtown and uptown Yaak which consists of The Dirty Shame Saloon and Yaak Mercantile & Tavern. We had a good lunch and a little talk with the bartender/waitress who had moved here from Michigan and the cashier who had moved here from Washington. We then headed back to Eureka following the same route. I forgot to say that our route crossed Lake Koocanusa over a beautiful bridge.  We woke up Monday morning and “viola” partly cloudy skies and forecasted warmer temperature! I grabbed my camera and looked for ideal vantage points to take some pictures. The RV park that we are staying is just over a year old and very nice and ver pretty views. The park incl...

  We bid Ft. Benton goodbye and headed northwest towards Eureka. The drive turned very pretty when we came in sight of the snow covered Rocky Mountains. We went through Marias Pass with Glacier National Park on our right and seeing many trains including Amtrak’s Empire Builder.  We have been to Glacier National Park several times including staying at the Lake McDonald Lodge. The Going to the Sun road is so beautiful.  It has been very cool, windy and rainy in our Montana stay. While north of us in British Columbia and Alberta they have 100’s of wild fires which has made us cancel our trip to Alaska. Eureka is surrounded by beautiful mountains and many lakes and 7 miles from the Canadian border.

 

We headed out this morning headed into the wild Missouri Breaks National Monument, and the Virgelle ferry which will take us across the River. There are 3 free ferries in Montana that will take you across the River. We have ridden all 3and as I am proud to say we are the only people east of the Mississippi to do so!😜 Wandering down the backroads is always exciting and seeing the remote ranches and wondering what it would be like living so far away from civilization. Ft. Benton was the Birthplace of Montana and the World’s innermost Port. From 1860-1890 it was the main gateway for settlers heading west. There are 4 museums and several historical statues recognizing Lewis & Clark, actor George Montgomery and the “Shep” the dog who famously waited for his deceased owner meeting every train at the Ft. Benton depot. The weather has been cool and rainy and hopefully will warm up next week.

We left Zortman and headed for Ft. Benton one of our favorite places to visit. Four museums, access to Missouri vistas and a ride on the Virgelle ferry which takes you by barge across the Missouri River.  But, Murphy had some plans to disrupt the trip! First, we stopped in Denton to take a break and the engine coolant alarm went off. Luckily I carry a gallon of anti-freeze mix and we were able to silence the alarm and get to the RV park in Ft. Benton. Once we were set up at the park I went in search for someone to find and repair the radiator leak.  I drove up to a warehouse/truck garage/trucking company. Went into several buildings and finally found a guy. I was wearing my Navy Veteran hat and after shaking hands with Ed, I found out that he was a Navy man also🇺🇸👍. We found lots of Navy things in common, and he gave me the name of the Service manager at the local car dealer. I went down the road and found Travis and he gave me the name and number of a local Car/truck repa...