Now in the Lower 48   ---

Yes, we arrived at about 1:40.  In Canada we had left the mountains going east to Calgary.  Then we went mostly south, figuring we would still be out of the mountains.  However, apparently the mountains slant to the east of south, so once we entered into Montana we were in the mountains again.  Then we headed east out of mountains, and mostly out of the foothills.  We are in Cut Bank, Montana.

Elva used to be president of the MCC Thrift Shop (Crowded Closet) in Iowa City.  So she was eager to  check out the shop in Calgary.  She was impressed.  Their sales are about twice that of Crowded Closet.

The mountains in Montana also had glaciers - I guess I should have known - that is where Glacier National Park is.  There also had been a forest fire in the last few years.

We also saw some extended farming area.  We had seen bits of farming before but certainly very limited compared to the Midwest.  Here is a canola field.

 And a hay field.

There were acres and acres of these purple flowers in northern Montana.

We went to an Indian museum in Black Foot Montana, but they did not allow taking pictures.  So here are all the pictures we took of the museum.  It was interesting, especially talking to one of the artists working there.

The mountains were spectacular, but I think I am a flat-lander.

God made the plains also.  The fertility of the plains feeds millions and millions of people.  That which we see daily becomes mundane.  We are impressed with what is unusual to us.  I praise God for the mountains and the plains.

Elva and Larry