Both Albertson's and Safeway have fuel pumps at their locations, groceries and gas! |
The east side of Helena is auto row with many dealerships lining Hwy 287. |
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Grassland with mountains on the side line 287 between Helena and Townsend. |
Another shot to the back showing more mountains and grasslands. |
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East Helena is just minutes from Helena and has a small residential section to the left and this factory to the right. |
The train track now cuts through the grassland although we hadn't yet seen a train. |
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The mountains keep getting higher the farther south we go. |
We got water in a little area called Winston and this was one of the barns in that community. The woman at the convenience store told us there had been 40 bicyclists who were on a supported tour through yesterday. |
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This wooded area was to the south of the barn and must have been a great wildlife habitat. |
More grasslands with the familiar mountain outline. |
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This was one of the few abandoned structures we saw today. |
The Missouri River has widened to a lake status here, thanks to a dam. |
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The train in this photo is moving from left to right and is just below the hills and above the trees on the right. Very few of the cars are showing in this photo but there were 76 of them. |
Once again we are crossing the Missouri River! |
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Our second water stop was in Townsend. Townsend isn't much bigger than Malta. On the other hand, I found out from a woman in Three Forks that there are actually orthodontists in Townsend. |
We went by several more areas where the Missouri runs very close to our roadway. This is where we saw the fox and also where we saw an osprey. Unlike the three I've seen earlier this week, this osprey had a fish in his talons. |
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We passed several more well-maintained bars, including this one whose owner's name is Flynn2 |
Bales of hay rest on the rich bottomland. |
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Wheat Montana Bakery owns this wheat ranch and many thousand of other acres. |
Wheat Montana's sales and manufacturing facility are located at the Hwy287 and 90 highways. |
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The Bakery and Deli that are part of the complex serve sandwiches, bread and other baked goods throughout the day from 6am to 8pm. |
We ate our salad and bread at an outdoor table. The tandem is nestled in next to the wall. |
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