Leaving West Yellowstone we passed through the rather somber location of a 7.5 earthquake in  1959. The resulting rockslide covered a nearby campground. As many as 50 to 60 bodies remain unrecovered, and are memorialized at the visitors’ center constructed on the slide.

Earthquake Lake, formed by the backed-up Madison River after the 1959 quake. Trees partially submerged at the time are still present. The slide area is visible toward top center.

Virginia City, Montana

The historic mining town, now tourist attraction, was our last major stop in Montana. We enjoyed just walking the main street through town, taking in the restored buildings and the numerous re-creations of the 19th century life. A great stop…

Love this piano, with invitation for anyone to sit and play.

Almost Home

After spending the night in Kellogg, ID,we had one more stop to make, the Way Out West Statue Farm just west of the Spokane airport. We’d been past it plenty of times without stopping, but looking for more garden art, we stopped.

All in all

Ten days, almost three thousand miles, three new life birds, two national parks, many national historic sites, and followed or crossed historic trails, including the Lincoln Highway, the Oregon Trail, the Lewis & Clark Trail, and the Nez Perce Trail. Lorna is now just a few birds shy of observing 700 species in North America, including Hawaii.