June 30 – July 1 Missoula, Montana
Jim and Mary’s RV Park
This park came highly recommended by many other Airstream peeps; we pulled into this magical campground – after a smooth drive, even in the rain for just a bit.
With more mountain driving, lots of up and down. It’s a good thing we’ve gotten some good practice with this type of towing. Mike is the bomb!! Handles it all like he’s been towing all his life – Yayyy!!!
We’ve now driven over the Continental Divide for about the 5th time – pretty cool….The Anaconda National Historic Landmark – hum – never heard of hit but here it is in Anaconda Montana. Standing tall since 1918, at slightly over 585 feet, it is the tallest free-standing masonry structure in the world. The Washington Monument could fit inside it. For decades the Big Stack belched lead and arsenic all over the town, but smelting operations ceased in 1980, and in 1983 it was condemned for demolition. Proud Anacondans banded together and saved the Stack. It’s now a Montana State Park – but it’s a park you can’t visit, because the dirt surrounding the Big Stack is still so toxic that you’re kept over a mile away!
We understand that the weather in this area changes on a dime. We experienced that on our drive here. Sunny then rains then very cool fog clouds over the mountains. So pretty!! On to bigger things……stand by………….
