Into Montana-Red Lodge

Tonights blog has been put on hold due to stopping at a saloon or two in Red Lodge.

Today started with us heading into town  and seeing two young deer/elk feeding on a motels front garden, they were not bothered by the people walking down the footpath or the Harleys roaring by.
 We then checked out the old town trail? We spent a couple of hours there amongst the old log buildings that have been relocated to the site all in one place. There are even a number of old graves that have been relocated into one area.
From there it was a lovely trip through Chief Joseph Hwy and to Cooke City. We had lunch at a saloon there where  the barman had a cool trick with empty stubbies, then we headed back along Beartooth Hwy to red lodge.
Although Vicki saw no bears, she's was looking hard too, we did stop at a vista where there were heaps of chipmonks, there was a girl with a big bag of peanuts who was feeding them. They were everywhere! They were feeding so much that some had their cheeks to near popping point but were still taking the nuts.

One ran up Vicki' s arm and onto her shoulder.
From there it was an amazing drop down to Red Lodge, with heaps of switch-backs. After setting up camp in the motel we walked into town for a feed and a beer,  and another beer, eventually we found a place with a nice feed. Vicki pointed out a stuffed animal behind the bar and I told her it was the famous Jackalope. When asked about it the barman said his boss had shot it while hunting In Wyoming.
We found another saloon that had a jam night, the singer's were all playing original country music, but we are well used to listening to it on the radio by now. A quick stagger back to the motel so that the only one of us that was awake could do the laundry.

Sometimes it takes a day or 2 to get photos onto the page so it might pay to check back!