We visited with our friends, Bill and Karen, in Helena, Montana. They invited us to park in their son's yard next to them. They were so gracious and we had such a great exhausting three days.
The family attended his high school graduation. They made shirts to wear to graduation: Chad's Grandpa, Chad's Grandma, Chad's Mom, Chad's Dad, Chad's Big Brother, I'm Chad. And they rang cow bells as Chad received his diploma.
We took a boat tour down the Missouri River to the Gates of the Mountains, the same river Lewis and Clark traveled. We also saw Man Gulch where 13 young smoke jumpers gave their lives to a fire back in 1949.
We went to a baseball game to watch Chad play.
It was a nice sunny day. We had a great time.
A trip around Helena on a tour train was another wonderful activity. We learned so much about the history of Helena and enjoyed seeing the beautiful homes built in the during the gold rush days.
Each evening we dined on barbecued hamburgers or elk steak, mushrooms, salads, etc. After dinner, we would sit in the hot tub to relax guaranteeing a good night's sleep.
Tim took us to a quaint little restaurant to have a Piglet Sandwich. It was like a hamburger, but the meat was deep fried pork. Delicious!
One morning we went to the Farmer's Market. We bought some jellies, syrups, gifts, and vegetables.
And one afternoon we went to Houser Dam to prospect for sapphires and gold. While sitting on a rock along the water a little downey chick came out of the brush, waddled by us unafraid, making its way to the swift river. In he went, paddling down stream all alone, leaving us with many unanswered questions.
A trip around Helena on a tour train was another wonderful activity. We learned so much about the history of Helena and enjoyed seeing the beautiful homes built in the during the gold rush days.
Each evening we dined on barbecued hamburgers or elk steak, mushrooms, salads, etc. After dinner, we would sit in the hot tub to relax guaranteeing a good night's sleep.
Tim took us to a quaint little restaurant to have a Piglet Sandwich. It was like a hamburger, but the meat was deep fried pork. Delicious!
One morning we went to the Farmer's Market. We bought some jellies, syrups, gifts, and vegetables.
And one afternoon we went to Houser Dam to prospect for sapphires and gold. While sitting on a rock along the water a little downey chick came out of the brush, waddled by us unafraid, making its way to the swift river. In he went, paddling down stream all alone, leaving us with many unanswered questions.
We also went Geo Caching. We found two Caches. This picture shows us finding and Karen recording one Cache. One thing great about this 
activity is that it gets you out and about in just about any area you visit.
activity is that it gets you out and about in just about any area you visit.We wouldn't have missed this visit for the world. The Coulter family went out of their way to make us feel at home.
Jean relaxes as Willard and Bill pans for gold. (Photos by Karen)
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