Montana Massive

Left Yellowstone area, through the wide open, big sky state of Montana. Very green pastures surrounded by the snow capped peaks of the Rockies. Spent last night, Wednesday, in Helena which is the capital of Montana (for those, like me, whose geography is not brilliant). Helena is quite an impressive place , at least the old town area is, with large mansions dating back 100 years or more and a really neatly renovated pedestrian area called The Last Chance Gulch, site of the old gold diggings and panning. Also a very impressive Cathedral which must be a lot newer than you'd think. On a hill just behind the old town was the original fire watch tower, couldn't have been that effective as the old town was burnt down several times in the gold rush era.