What a surprise we got today! We started out on our little trek through Phillipsburg, Butte, Montana then on to Virginia City and stopped at a few other places, ended up in Ennis Montana. It seems almost ALL the places don't open until the long week-end in May until Labour Day week-end. So we ended up looking in a lot of store windows. The only places that had activity or were busy were the Saloons!!
Unfortunatley there were a LOT of stores that were closed down completely. I guess the recession has finally caught up to these little store owners. Some of the tiny places look like ghost towns. One of the locals said we are here two months too soon!! We ran into quite a bit of snow on the ground- with temperatures varying from 36 to 55 degrees depending whether or not we were driving through mountain areas.
We did manage to get into a Mercantile here in Ennis and ended buying an old framed print and a decorated Native American dress (for display). It is beautiful.
One of the motels we passed had a sign that said "Hot Water Available" so we knew we might be in trouble if they were offering that as a way to get people to stop in! We ended up at the Fan Mountain Inn at Ennis, Montana. I was shocked that they had internet available.
Well, on to bigger and better things, we hope. We are going through Yellowstone Park tomorrow. On the map it says "Roads Closed in Winter Months" on most of the roads so we are hoping their 'winter' has passed and we are able to drive through.
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