If you’re on the road this summer with kids, one thing is certain. You’ve got youngsters along for the ride that with energy to burn and attention spans even their portable electronics can’t keep under wraps. The stretch between Bismarck and Billings may just seem like open road, but there are four playgrounds in Terry just waiting for your kids to check out. Continue Reading

Philipsburg, Montana has a lot to offer tourists and visitors, and almost all of it is of interest to travelers of all ages, but there’s a wonderful playground there you should also check out. It’s free, of course, but it’s also well worth your time. It has replica’s of many of the most famous buildings in town, and it also has other fun things like climbing and balance development stuff as well. Continue Reading

Havre isn’t a huge city, but they still act like one when it comes to civic recreation. Even though they aren’t huge, they still have 22 city parks within the city. These parks cover almost any activity you could imagine, like playground equipment, picnic areas, ballfields, tennis courts, volleyball courts, basketball courts, and even a skate park, all complete with working drinking fountains and clean restrooms. Continue Reading

Triple Play in Hayden, Idaho is one of our favorite destinations. They’ve never paid us any advertisements, nor asked us to say anything kind, but we’ve been there and we really loved the place, so here we are again talking about how cool it is. One of the neatest features of the place is a multi-story, indoor playground feature, and the kids love it to bits. Continue Reading

The town of Anaconda in Montana has tarnished a bit since the close of the world class smelter operation some years back. The classic homes are still there, and its history is richer for the journey, but today tourists make up a good part of the city’s plan. That’s why they built the Copper Chute Slide, however, I can’t help but think, “Smelter? that’s a funny word.”
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If you’re driving through Montana and you want to see something interesting, the first thing you have to do is pull off the highway. If that doesn’t satiate your appetite, you may need to stay off the highway and start cutting around the state, as we did. That isn’t exactly how we found the historic city of Seeley Lake, but it was a fair enough excuse to be so far off the beaten path that we ourselves needed to beat.
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