50 States in 52 Weeks: Montana

 

Montana is in the northwest of the United States, bordering on Canada. Work took me there, I presented a training on recognizing abuse of adults on the Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana.  We stayed in a motel, across the street from the east Glacier Amtrak station.  Something notable - the water supply was contaminated by spring run off- you couldn't drink the water. 

The Rocky Mountains dominate the western part of the state, the Indian Reservation was east of the mountains about 40 miles, out on the hard plains. The eastern half of the state is vast mildly rolling plains. 

I have very fond memories of the trip. The people were warm and inviting, the food delicious in very different ways. I remember ordering an Elk Burger in a restaurant to the horror of my colleagues. I had most of one day free, and drove into Glacier National Park from the eastern side. It was late spring, the major road through the park from east to west (the Going to the Sun road) was still buried in snow. 

The photos from that trip are lost, or buried in the archive. But the images are vivid in my memory. I would gladly go back.