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Missoula, MT

Missoula, MT

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We spent a few days in Missoula in early August so that we could visit Anna’s nephew Brian and his wife Liisa who live south of Missoula. We enjoyed our visit with them and finally met their sweet little girls, toured their nice new house, saw the trailer for their bakery business, Expressions of Sugar, and forgot to take any pictures!

We also were near Darby where the Chief Joseph Ranch is located. This ranch is used for filming the TV series “Yellowstone” so we had to drive by since we were so close. Unfortunately for us, they were filming the day we drove by so we were unable to get very close. We also found out about the Smokejumper Base at the Missoula airport and decided to go to the museum and tour since you don’t have access to something like that every day!

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Great Falls, MT

Great Falls, MT

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Located along the Missouri River, Great Falls is known for its scenic beauty, outdoor recreation opportunities, and cultural attractions. As we have traced much of the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition over several different trips north, we specifically wanted to go to Great Falls since this was along their route to the Pacific coast and the series of five waterfalls on the Missouri River that is the city’s namesake were a major obstacle for the explorers, although many of the falls have dams and/or power plants built on top of them today. We also found an overlook area for the final campground where they stayed after portaging around these falls.

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Big Timber, MT

Big Timber, MT

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Greycliff Mill

Greycliff mill is a 1760 barn with a water powered gristmill serving espresso, BBQ, shakes and pastries. It’s a neat place to stop just east of Big Timber, MT and very close to the Big Timber/Greycliff KOA.

Greycliff mill and beautifully landscaped grounds
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West Yellowstone, MT

West Yellowstone, MT

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We spent 18 days in West Yellowstone taking in the local attractions and seeing as much of Yellowstone National Park as we could. Even though there are museums and other things to do in the town of West Yellowstone (like shopping for the ladies :-)) the big attraction here is of course Yellowstone National Park. While I’ll talk about that more later, let’s just say that Yellowstone absolutely must be on your bucket list if you have never been before!

West Yellowstone is an ideal place to stay (unless you are inside the park somewhere) because from there you can easily get to anywhere in the park without too much of a drive. Of course, too much is relative. The park is very large so you will be doing a lot of driving but from the west side you’re sort of in the middle of the action and you are also closest to the most popular sites within the park such as Old Faithful.

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Hardin, MT

Hardin, MT

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Hardin is a small town of about 3500 people in south eastern Montana. It was incorporated in 1911 and Thomas D. Campbell operated the nation’s largest wheat farm on 95,000 acres near there while pioneering the use of industrial machinery in farming. The Holly Sugar Company also established a sugar beet–processing plant in Hardin in 1937. Interestingly, with Hardin being in the middle of nowhere, Bitcoin miner Marathon apparently has a large mining operation in Hardin today because of low cost coal fired power generation nearby. With efforts to close down the coal fired plant, solar is being built to replace the coal. So what was the draw here for us? The Little Bighorn Battlefield is about 15 miles south of Hardin.

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