Prelude To Glacier National Park

I was 7 when I came face to face with a bear. It was gigantic. But, then again, I was seven.
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I was 7 when I came face to face with a bear. It was gigantic. But, then again, I was seven.
Helena, Montana was a mining town. A lot of towns around here were mining town. Gold was discovered in Confederate Gulch and with each successive discovery, more people poured into the region. Most of the people who remain in Helena have government jobs, be they county, state, or federal. Helena is, after all, the state capitol. It also possesses a pleasant mountain with a moderate hike.
We are trying something new. We wanted to get a lot of work done so we are spending a week at an extended stay hotel.
After a relatively dismal experience in Yellowstone, our outlooks needed cheering and it was lunch time. So, rather than even attempting to get to Mammoth Hot Springs, we headed west to get out of Yellowstone National Park and into the tourist trap that is West Yellowstone. Yet, along with the jumbo sized McDonalds, massive visitor's center, and ads for wolf and grizzly zoos, West Yellowstone has Las Palmitas.