Thursday, September 17, 2009

Chewelah to Elk Country,(Missoula, Montana)

I forgot to post this entry on time.  I guess I went brain dead.

After spending a week at Chewelah and several good meals with our friends Lee and Sharon, we headed down the road for Montana. The drive east is very beautiful. We passed thru northern Idaho where we traveled along some rivers with mountains in the background.  We took highway 200 which passes thru Thompson Falls, MT.  We went this way because the last time we were in Thompson Falls there was a small ice cream shop called the Three Bears that had great ice cream. As we approached it we saw the  for sale sign.  It was closed.  I had been tasting that ice cream all day.  What a disappointment. With out the ice cream there was no reason to stop so we drove on into Missoula and stayed at the Jellystone RV park.

I contacted a Marine Corps friend that I have not seen in 21 years, Elmer and his wife Judy. We had lunch together and replayed old times. It sure was good to see them.

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We also contacted my niece Sharon and her husband Bill.  We got together and had a nice Mexican dinner.  We caught up on the family.  Also while in Missoula we went to the Elk Country Visitor Center, it is very interesting with lots of nice displays of animals and a large display of elk heads with huge racks.

 

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These are all trophy elk.                                   This bear looks  like he is smiling.

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