Friday

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These photos are of the cottonwood trees along the Missouri River. There's something about Montana cottonwoods - to me, they don't look quite the same as what we have in Wyoming. These make me think of Charlie Russell. His paintings often included cottonwood trees, and they look just like these.

This is where the Missour River begins, north of Three Forks. The Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin Rivers run together here to form the Missouri. The Missouri is an impressive sight.

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We stayed at a motel in Three Forks Saturday night. As we were loading up the next morning, I noticed this little sign stuck into the ground beside a flower pot on the side of the motel office. I walked over and noticed this poor little guy's head had been ripped off. It will be kind of hard for him to smell the flowers!

We had an experience at this motel. The lady who runs the motel called our room about 10:00 to tell us that the guy in the next room called her to complain about Barrie's coughing. He wanted to call us, and she told him she would call. She was all concerned, and wanted to know if Barrie needed anything. Then she told me what a nuisance that man was, and she would be glad when he was gone. Evidently he had stayed for a length of time. And she told me if he called our room, to hang up the phone, and take it off the hook.