It's Sunday night, and we're in Bismarck. One more day of traveling before we arrive in Minnesota to visit our families.
Yesterday's travels provided opportunities to meet with some old friends. We stopped in Missoula for breakfast with Linda Gregory, who was our next door neighbor when we lived in Missoula from 1974 to 1981. On the top photo, that's Linda and Frank with us.
After arriving in Billings, we had dinner with Jo and Mike Casey, who were our neighbors for several years in Puyallup and now live in Billings. The Caseys and Johnsons are in the picture to the left.
Yesterday, we drove by a couple of landmarks from the days when the copper industry dominated Montana. As you drive by Anaconda, the
Anaconda Copper Company smelter stack is clearly visible from I-90. The stack, one of the largest in the world, was built in 1919 and functioned until the smelter closed in 1980. Then we drove past the
Berkeley Pit, a huge open pit copper mine that operated in Butte from 1955 to 1982.
We spent much of the past two days driving along the
Yellowstone River, which is one of the dominant geographic features in Montana. The Yellowstone is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states and is known for its fly fishing.
We also went through the
North Dakota Badlands. Today was kind of drizzly day, so the photo on the left isn't as bright as it would otherwise be.
Click here for photos taken on a sunnier day.
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