Last nights hotel was up to the usual high standard. Good breakfast, fill the car with gas and then onto I-90 E again. Traffic was pretty light (still a large number of 18 wheelers to contend with. In Montana the speed limit for cars is 80 mph. I cruised at 75 and barley kept in front of the trucks.
The road cut through plains where cattle farming seems to be the major agriculture practise, did see some sheep. Detoured into Anaconda (now a small town) which last century was a major mining town, however, it closed in the 1980's. There were very large tailings on the paddock around the mine. Very black in colour. After a coffee in Anaconda back onto I-90 E. Finally left I-90 at Balgrade and dropped down to West Yellowstone and the Stage Coach Inn.
They gave us an enormous room, simply stunning.
West Yellowstone, my guess is that 75% of the businesses have closed for the winter. I believe there main income is from the tourists who visit Yellowstone National Park which is right next door.
Went for a walk to the Park information centre-it was closed. We continued on to the Grizzly and Wold discovery centre. This is a not-for-profit organisation. Saw a number of wolves, one in particular was very large. The Bears were all grizzles. They were great to watch. They also had birds of prey on show- mainly bald eagles, golden eagles and peregrine falcon.
Sorry no photo's today, the camera person was on strike. Finding a place to eat on smaller roads is very difficult. They have deli's usually attached to a casino (legal to have casino's in Montana with restricted beating limits. We stopped at one such establishment- just blew us away. The food was horrible.
Tomorrow weather permitting we will venture into Yellowstone National Park.
A little about our accommodation -The stage coach inn.
Great lobby, big staircase leading up stairs- a big gas fire (pretending to be a log fire) and lots of stuffed animals-all from the area. Will include a picture latter on. The building itself was built between 1946 and 1948. It is a unique western Swiss design (chalet). It has a sauna, hot water pool etc. Haven't tried them out yet. Would recommend this place.
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looks like all is going well hope you are enjoying every little minute of it lots of Luv from Eddie and Christine
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