The Fun Continues in Big Timber

Yesterday, Mike and Janna came to the RV Park and we all headed to downtown Big Timber. Our first stop was atThere were a few good things there. We all bought a loaf of homemade Whole Grain Bread, and Jim and Mark bought

some brats from a friend of Mike and Janna’s who owns a local meat market. We saw a vendor with

some pretty plants, but, for the most part, we just

looked around and met several of friends of Mike and Janna’s. Jim was looking for peppers so he could make jelly, but there were none at the market.

We made our way over to the next block, and while the guys all went to the

ACE Hardware for Jim to buy a hatchet for chopping wood, Ellie, Janna, and I made our way across the street

to the fabric store where Janna gets some of her quilting supplies.

We then made our way down the street to several other cute stores. We shopped in a cute store called

Ellie and I found several things that we couldn’t live without. They had a really cute sweat shirt that said Crazy Woman on it….but I didn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea about me. LOL

The guys waited outside for us. We then went to a little shop that Janna started and then sold several years ago.

This little store had a lot of really cute stuff. Ellie came out with some new socks.

All up and down the streets we saw lots of

pretty flowers.

Jim is still looking for peppers, so we decided to drive over to

Livingston to the Albertson’s Grocery Store. But, first, we needed to have lunch and Mike and Janna suggested

this nice restaurant. It was great! After lunch, we also needed to make a stop at Radio Shack so Mark and I could see if they had an antenna to boost both our air card and cell phones. But, no luck for us, so we will be calling the 3G store on Monday to get one shipped to us while we are in Yellowstone for the next few weeks. So, I guess it is on to the store where Jim finally found his peppers. We also stocked up on several other items we needed. Then it was back to Big Timber.

We just spent the rest of the day at the RV park.

This morning, we were all up early. Mark and Jim went into town to find the

They offered to get the laundry done, while Ellie and I left by 7:30 this to meet Janna for a hike in the mountains.

We left her house and drove a pretty far distance down her road to the trail head. We parked the car, gathered our Garmin's, backpacks, and cameras and headed up the trail.

Before we got far, we decided we better use the bug spray. Now, we are ready.

And, Janna assures us that this is an easy hike!

We walk and walk and walk and then we came to

this gate. Janna said it was too hard to open and close and so we

just crawled under! Then there was more walking and then

we had to walk across this little stream with slippery rocks. How much fun we were having. We continued own with our walk, some uphill, some downhill, but

all beautiful. And when you looked in front of you, you saw

mountains….and when you looked behind you, you

mountains.

We continued on our walk and saw more

beautiful and unusual flowers. And then, we finally reached

this pretty little water fall and

stream. It was too deep for us to cross so this would be our turn around spot. While we were here just enjoying the beauty of the mountains and listening to the running water we had a snack and rested for a little while before starting our walk back down the mountain.

Okay girls, time to go. On our way back down the mountain, Janna pointed out several things of interest to Ellie and I. She showed us

how the trail is marked using these notches in the trees. She showed us

Elk poop…and let us know we were not alone in the mountains. We continued on down the mountain enjoying more

beautiful flowers and laughing and talking, when I look across the field and see a bear cub run right across the trial down in front of us. All I could do was turn and around and say “bear”. Ellie and Janna were following on the narrow trail and did not see the little fellow. Janna wanted to know how big he was and I said, “oh, he was just little”….Janna said well then his mommy has to be here somewhere. So, now Janna is the leader….with

gun in hand we continued down the trail! She told us you just be sure to watch behind us! Well, we never saw the little guy again. Janna told us that black bear or more scared of us, but Ellie and I kept a watch behind us anyway.

We finally made it back down the mountain to where we left the

car. My Garmin indicated that we had walked a little over 3.5 miles. What fun we had and what a beautiful walk it was! Thanks Janna for sharing

your mountains with us!

This evening we were back here at the RV Park when an afternoon thunderstorm blew in. The winds got up and all of a sudden we looked up and

this tree had blown down. It was right across from where we are parked. As soon as the rain stopped, the campground folks

were right on the clean up! Thank goodness no one or nothing was hurt by that big tree. The rain is back for a little while, but no more wind and we have all settled in for the evening.

What a great day this has been. But, before I go Poppa and I want to wish

Kourtney a Happy 2nd Birthday. We love you!