We started our day at the Big Sky Motel in Wolf Point in northeastern Montana then spent the day traveling due west along US 2, once known as the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway which ran from Portland,Maine to Portland, Oregon. It runs parallel to the train track and we saw many very long freight trains. At lunchtime we stopped in the tiny town of Chinook. The Blaine County Museum was closed but we enjoyed a lunch at the pizza place and some good conversations with with the owner and also with the local jeweler who opened the conversation by telling us he didn’t know us so we must be visitors. By early evening we had made our way to the St Mary KOA just east of Glacier National Park. We spent the hour before sunset inside the park then enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner at a rustic restaurant just outside the park borders then returned to our campsite and set up our tent after dark!
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Riley and I would love to see more train pictures on your return.