2007/06 BC trip - Philipsburg |
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We moved on to Bozeman, Butte, and then Anaconda, home of the largest brick chimney in the world. When we first visited Anaconda over 25 years ago, the smelter was still operating, but now it’s gone. The chimney is still there but now it’s a state park and the town is living on tourism rather than smelting.
We passed Georgetown Lake where we camped with Auntie Eileen and Uncle Noel on a wet day in 1980. I remember the great gasoline experiment as Uncle and I tried to get soaking wet pine boughs to burst into flame. There was a loud wumph, a redistribution of the pine boughs over a wide area, and no flame. The experiment was a failure.
We passed the road to Skalkahoe Pass, where we’ve hunted for sapphires in the past. We finally came to Philipsburg, a pretty little town, and the Inn, where our friends have been living since last Fall while their house is being built.
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Wednesday June 27th
We talked until late, stayed in the Inn’s campground, and said our goodbyes soon after breakfast, as we had 400 miles to cover to get into Canada. We made a quick stop in Missoula’s Sears to pick up a new auxiliary battery. As we rarely stay anywhere with a power supply, we really hammer those batteries, running them down to absolute flat each night and then recharging them the next day, so it’s not surprising they don’t last more than a couple of years.
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