Been a quiet two days -- August 29, 2020

Back in this civilized camp I have spent 2 days reading, swimming and hiking.  We went to town (Eureka, MT) yesterday for lunch and had a really good and huge cobb salad for $11.  The town kind of reminded me of Virginia City.  I can't exactly explain why but it was set up to take advantage of the tourist trade in the old downtown.  I asked one of the merchants there how business was and she said "not so good."  

Before we hit Eureka, we drove down to Rexford which is merely a post office, a bar/restaurant and few trailer parks.  There was, however, a big field where Russ could through the frisbee to Ceilidh.  As we turned around to leave, these critters greeted us:


After lunch in Eureka we explored the history a bit.  This place has a pretty good set up.  All of their old buildings are set in the same place.  Fortunately there was a lot of history to see outside for, alas, the museum itself was closed.  COVID.  Here's some cool stuff.  The School house was built in 1904 and you can see that there are outhouses behind it -- you can see one but the boys was on the other side.





Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church was built in 1926.


Joseph Peltier built the first cabin here in 1891


Imagine carrying all your stuff in this across the prairie.  Believe me it is even small than it looks here.

And for those of you that like this stuff -- old farm thing:




After trying, unsuccessfully to get a haircut, we returned to camp and I went swimming.  This time not putting my head underwater because yesterday it took me hours to get the water out of my left ear.

This morning, Saturday, we took a hike up to see the acclaimed hoodoos.  Boy, they were a disappointment after seeing the ones in Bryce and Wyoming, these pale in comparison.  But at least I got Russ to take a hike with me.   





In fact I got him to take 2 hikes with me -- short but nevertheless hikes.  We tried to find Pinkham Falls.  Walked quite a ways after 4wheeling it into the forest but never did find it.  We decided on the way out that after observing the 'Pinkham Creek" which was dry that the falls probably would not have been worthwhile anyways.

Tomorrow we head out to Columbia Falls. 

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