Helena, MT
We left Kalispell somewhat reluctantly but were looking forward to seeing more of beautiful Montana. We had an incredible time in Kalispell and we loved the RV Park. The drive on the "Red Roads" from Kalispell to Helena was incredible! We drove south on highway 83 to Montana route 200 which we took west for a few miles to county road 141 which took us south to US Highway 12 which took us over Macdonald Pass and into Helena. The scenery was indescribable as we saw so many wonderful vistas, lakes, and wonderful tall pines. We had lunch at a rest area at the junction of CR 141 and Montana 200 and arrived in Helena by early afternoon.
Our RV park in Helena wasn't that great, too many trees to permit satellite TV reception but we did receive local channels from the regular antennae and watched plenty of TV anyhow. We took a city tour on Tuesday and a boat tour of The Gates to the Mountains on Wednesday. Both tours were excellent we enjoyed them very much. On the City Tour we saw 7 deer simply walking down city streets, in yards, and even a doe with two fawns in a school yard. Pretty cool!! We had Chinese food for lunch after the boat tour so Tippy got her Chinese food fix.
We had another beautiful drive today from Helena to Great Falls. The trip was only 80 miles but very scenic as we climbed some hills and went through several canyons. The Wolf Creek Canyon reminded us of the Virgin River canyon on I-15 going into Utah.
We are staying at Dick's RV park here in Helena and as I completed my check-in I turned around and met Judy Wattenburg, my former Office Manager at Dooley elementary. I haven't seen Judy for well over ten years but she still looked the same and has the same bright smile she had when we opened Dooley in 1989. She and her husband have a spot two away from us so we plan to share a glass of wine with them one of these evenings. I will add some pictures Tippy took as we drove into Great Falls. We followed the Missouri River for many miles and had many wonderful views of the river, mountains, and canyons. Enjoy and be safe.
Our RV park in Helena wasn't that great, too many trees to permit satellite TV reception but we did receive local channels from the regular antennae and watched plenty of TV anyhow. We took a city tour on Tuesday and a boat tour of The Gates to the Mountains on Wednesday. Both tours were excellent we enjoyed them very much. On the City Tour we saw 7 deer simply walking down city streets, in yards, and even a doe with two fawns in a school yard. Pretty cool!! We had Chinese food for lunch after the boat tour so Tippy got her Chinese food fix.
We had another beautiful drive today from Helena to Great Falls. The trip was only 80 miles but very scenic as we climbed some hills and went through several canyons. The Wolf Creek Canyon reminded us of the Virgin River canyon on I-15 going into Utah.
We are staying at Dick's RV park here in Helena and as I completed my check-in I turned around and met Judy Wattenburg, my former Office Manager at Dooley elementary. I haven't seen Judy for well over ten years but she still looked the same and has the same bright smile she had when we opened Dooley in 1989. She and her husband have a spot two away from us so we plan to share a glass of wine with them one of these evenings. I will add some pictures Tippy took as we drove into Great Falls. We followed the Missouri River for many miles and had many wonderful views of the river, mountains, and canyons. Enjoy and be safe.
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