Amtrak`s Empire Builder delayed more than 3,000 Amtrak passengers after 16 rail cars carrying new cars to the Pacific coast derailed over last week in northwestern Montana. The Empire Builder runs through North Dakota from Minneapolis to Seattle.
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Of all the dozens of museums we saw in Montana, easily the most unassuming of all would be the Museum of the North Great Plains. It’s not a super catchy name, and it doesn’t tell you much about what it does. Parking out front, all you can see is that it looks like it used to be a warehouse or maybe a furniture store… once inside, however, you better be holding on to your socks, because they’re about to get knocked off.
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Butte Montana has a solid handful of things going for it. Not the least of which is that an easy majority of the buildings in town are built out of brick, which is odd all by itself, though odder still, you won’t find a brick museum. One of the less assuming attractions in Butte is the Piccadilly Transportation Memorabilia Museum, which is pretty sound, even without keeping the free admission in mind.
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When you’re driving east from Bozeman, Montana, the first real attraction you’ll find along Interstate-90 is quite a grizzly encounter. I’m not passing judgment, that’s what it’s called, the Grizzly Encounter. They buy billboards by the boatload, but don’t tap into the state tourism web site, so it’s an easy one to miss if you don’t have eyes while driving, but it’s there nonetheless.
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During our wonderful stay at Big Sky Resort over the quiet summer season, we had an opportunity to jump on the chair lift so we could really look down on our fellow man. We weren’t sure we’d do it because brother Patrick, being autistic, is overly fearful of things more than anyone else might be. We spent a good two days warming him up to the idea, so when it came to go-time, he wasn’t just ready, he was eager.
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If ever you make your way to the historic segments of Virginia/Nevada Cities of Montana, there are a few things you have to do. You have to make like a cowboy, you have to buy some candy, and you simply must get your picture taken in finest old-timey fashion in the oldest, best novelty photo shop in the west (or anywhere else).
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