55 on the fly

Today I drove into Livingston to check out the small shops in the historical section that I had read about. There is not much in this old town but it was fun to see the old buildings and poke around in the antique/junk shops.  The drive to and from Livingston was the best part of the afternoon.  It is amazing how big the mountains are and how much room there is out here.  When you see cattle on a ranch they are spread out so far and look like little black dots on the landscape.  This is very different than the cows we see in NY all crowded into a small farm area.  Doug stayed home and kept his foot up.  Hopefully the swelling will start to go down soon and he will be back in business.   We had a campfire tonight with the campers next door from Oswego.  We enjoyed the company and the millions of bright stars above us. ~Michelle One view of Main Street Livingston, Montana.  It is an historic place but not much as far as shopping goes. H...

Well, no fishing on this day due to Doug's sprained ankle.  We drove into Bozeman and visited the older part of town with a nice variety of shops. It is such a quaint area and we always like to visit the book stores and the other specialty shops.  Doug sat inside the coffee shop while I visited many of the unique places along Main Street.  Doug made it to a book store or two and we both found some new reading material - as we always do.  We had dinner, stocked up at the local Walmart and drove back to Gardiner.     ~Michelle We had coffee at a favorite coffee shop.  Can you read his mind?..."I'd rather be fishing". Bozeman's Sweet Pea Festival was starting and on this day it was sidewalk chalk day.  Chalk creations were all over the sidewalks. Ted Turner owns this restaurant.  Two years ago Doug saw him there when we were having lunch. I had to put this in for our boys.  BBQ beef  with mac n'cheese sandwich  A ...