Ogden, UT and Helena, MT

We apparently like to travel on Sundays and Mondays we left Hurricane on Sunday and drove to Ogden, Utah. That was a lot of traveling. Almost 340 miles. We stayed 2 nights, leaving a day to explore. Monday in Ogden, what should we do? Look for Donny & Marie? Find a Mormon Tabernacle? Well the old Southern Pacific Union Station is now a museum of Railroad and Automobile memorabilia. So off we went for an adventure. They have actual Southern Pacific and Union Pacific train engines and old autos. The old train station is restored to its old world charm beautifully. What a great museum. 

Gold Spike from Promontory Point
in a sealed chamber

Remember when the railroads joined together in Utah at Promontory Point? The actual gold spike is in this museum where the two railroads met.

White Pine timbers to build many
tressle bridges are from Michigan

Tuesday had us on the road again. This time a really tough, hard drive, some 340 miles in some really heavy cross-winds of up to 45 mph, to Helena, Montana. The mountain expressway roads are something else, too. Once we found a park to stay in it was smooth sailing. Fortunately, the 6000 acre brush/forest fire SW of our campsite was just far enough South of us that we didn't have a smoke issue. Wednesday morning ….. what should we do??? Yup, it's the state capitol so we tour another State Capital Building.

Montana State Capitol Building
Helena, Montana

This one was just o.k. Not as good as any of the others we have visited. But we must remember that Montana is still a great state. Never saw their State Seal. Guess they don't have one. Their Legislature, House and Senate only meet for 90 days every other year. Wouldn't that be a great plan for our Federal Government in Washington, DC?? Montana has a cash surplus to boot!!

Senate Chamber

House Chamber

Panoramic view of Helena, Montana

Tomorrow, we're off to Glacier National Park, possibly Bamff National Park in Canada, too and probably won't post anything new 'til late next week.