Friday, June 29, 2012

#2 Alaska Trip - Utah to Montana




Friday 6/29/12

An early morning visit from M.A. Fornelius to the hotel room in SLC.  Always good to see the man.  Departed north to Montana at 9:30am.  Somewhat uneventful driving day with the goal of camping at Holter Lake campground outside of Wolf Creek, MT.  We stopped in Butte and picked up a bicycle to take to AK.  On the hillside in Butte is a huge statue of the virgin Mary, below is a shot of her overlooking Butte.  We made it to Helena after 500 miles and decided one more night in a hotel would be perfect before we hit the dark territory of Canada and forced camping.  A decent Pizza Hut meal and a newer La Quinta hotel fit very nicely to end the day.  We saw a herd of elk, a few gophers which LE ran over one of expertly.  Hoping to make it to Red Deer tomorrow.





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