Western Trip 2005 - Montana 



Nancy and I arrived in Missoula, Montana on June 24, 2005, picked a rental car and also picked up our two sons, Geoff and Philip, who arrived on a later flight from Washington, DC. We went to the Missoula cemetary where Nancy's father is buried.



On Saturday, we had a short internment service for Nancy's mother, Yoshiko. My brother Jim, his wife Carol and his daughter Kate drove in from Spokane to attend as well. Two landmarks in Missoula are Mt. Jumbo


and Mt. Sentinel (the M is for the University of Montana).


Between the two flows the Clark Fork River, which continues on through the city of Missoula. We climbed up Mt. Sentinel, to the M. I took pictures of Missoula from there. This picture shows the Clark Fork, the University of Montana campus on the left side of the river and downtown Missoula on the right side.


Here is a closeup of the theatre building - where I worked in the 80's.


Here is another picture of Missoula, taken from Mt. Sentinel, with the campus at the bottom.


On Saturday night, we went to see the Missoula Ospreys baseball team play - here is their mascot.


And here we all are - Geoff, Nancy, Philip and I at the ball game.



On Sunday we went to the church we once attended - Holy Spirit Episcopal.


Later we went to the hospital where Philip was born - Missoula Community Hospital


We also drove to the top of Lolo Pass. On the way there, we got a good view of Mount Lolo


At the top of the pass, I took this picture


On Monday, Geoff and Philip flew back to Washington, and Nancy and I drove down the Bitteroot valley on our way to visit friends in Idaho. Here is the Bitteroot valley.


The is a picture of the Bitteroot Range



 

Posted: Wed - July 20, 2005 at 08:21 PM          

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