Fairmont, MT August 31-September 1

We left Missoula behind and took off down I-90 to Fairmont. We usually avoid interstate highways usually but had no choice to use I-90. It was a welcome relief after winding up and down US-20 from Kamiah to Missoula.

We stopped briefly in Drummond after almost heading down Montana Route to Phillipsburg. In the downtown area there was a quilt store that Seven had to visit but it was closed because the owner was at a library board meeting.

We wanted to see the old Montana Prison in Deer Lodge but we fooled around for some time in a quilt shop, book store, and a second hand shop in beautiful down town Deer Lodge. The quilt shop, the Quilter's Corner, was in a beautiful old bank building. The original stone teller counters were still there as was the bank president's office. The shop was well stocked and the clerk was really helpful and knowledgeable. We would have only had an hour to view the prison and the other museums associated with it so we went on down the road.

We are staying at Fairmont RV Park off exit 211 of I-90. It is a very nice Passport America park. Like almost all the parks we have encountered it is not full. It doesn't look like there are any long term campers. The setting is beautiful.

We went over to Anaconda, MT to see what was at one time a big time copper mining operation. We got there just as the Copper King Express was pulling out for a trip to Butte. We could have made it but it was a four hour round trip and we would be going to Butte the next day anyways. We stopped and went into one of those bookstores that was owned by a person who enjoyed buying books. It didn't look like he sold all that many of them. The place was piled to the rafters with books, mostly romance and western books. Seven did find a couple of quilting books she could not live without. We also visited the small museum The Copper Village Museum and Gallery. Do not waste your time on this attraction.