May
31, 2013
We
headed northwest out of Yellowstone toward Boulder, MT. Went through the mountain river area of
Hebgen Lake, the earthquake lake area.
An earthquake in 1959 and subsequent land slide had completely changed
the area, damming up the Madison River and creating a lake.
Heading
on toward Boulder, we came across some big horned sheep and we don’t know who
scared each other worse! They were
resting right beside the road as we came around the curve! We also saw a red-tailed hawk.
This
was Sharon’s exciting day! Getting to
see her college roommate and maid of honor, Connie King Grenz, from 40 years
ago! We had seen her back in 2003, but
not since. Bob let us have some “girl
time” to visit while he washed the motorhome and the car. Rains had really made a mess, and if you know
Bob, you know a dirty car doesn’t last long.
He got settled in at the campground in Helena.
Connie
and I had a wonderful visit. She toured
me around the her valley and 1880's home with chickens, greenhouse and a wonderful
garden with fruit trees, rhubarb, strawberries and lots of other root
vegetables planted for the summer . Boulder
had been the joining point to the railroad for the spur to the goldmines, but
when the gold ran out, only Boulder was left.
We also went to the Boulder hot springs spa. Water in the hot springs was 106
degrees!! And the cooling off pool was
about 60!!! I did fine in the springs
but only got up to my knees in the cooling pool!!! She was up to her neck and counting very
slowly! Later, we met Bob at the Montana
City Bar and Grill for supper. Bob had
ribs with huckleberry BBQ sauce and Sharon had elk. Pretty tough, so the leftovers I brought home
will probably end up in a stew. 
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