Wednesday June 15, Dutton to Great Falls, MT

As we woke up, the wind was still howling, but no rain. We seem to be able to take one or the other but not both, at least not in cool weather. We were a little startled early on by a woman coming in to change the altar and pulpit cloths so they would be the correct liturgical color for Sunday. Hopefully we didn’t startle her too much. Once underway, we again rode with the wind mainly mainly perpendicular to our route. Most of our route today was on the same road as before paralleling the interstate, so very low traffic until we were near Great Falls. In fact, we went about 8 miles with only seeing 2 vehicles, one in each direction. About 8 miles from Great Falls, the road bent more east so the wind was more on our tail and pushed us along to Great Falls. After crossing the Missouri River on the west side of town, we followed  it along a bike path and on to Giant Springs State Park, seeing 3 of the 5 falls in the area. 

Black Eagle Falls and dam



Rainbow Falls and dam

We then saw the very large spring that is right on the edge of the river with a huge amount of water coming out of it daily. It’s the largest freshwater spring in US. 

the springs 

Then we went to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.  As you walked through, you followed their journey to the Pacific, what the Indian tribes were like that they encountered, events that happened and how they made their journey and provided for themselves. Then back partway along the river and through some of the town to get to our hotel. It was a little warmer today but only up into the 60s. 

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  1. Bill and PennyJune 16, 2022 at 8:50 AM

    Your adventures with finding places to spend nights makes me wonder if Maplewood could do something like this for those who travel through our state. What hospitality! Glad you had better weather and the photo of the freshwater spring is amazing!

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