We got a close look of the river from the historic old Bell Bridge that is now a pedestrian walkway.
We especially enjoyed the bridge the day that all fifty state flags were flying from its metal supports.
They are flying because the annual car show is taking place in Eyer Park, adjacent to the bridge. We are enjoying great weather here in Montana and hundreds of cars came for the show.
This is winner's row for different categories. We don't know much about classic cars, but we appreciate the sense of humor of the owner of the orange car. It's a Plymouth Roadrunner, so Wyle E. Coyote was ready to push the trigger on the dynamite in his attempt to finally get the roadrunner this time. Beep! Beep!
As full-time RVers, we had to especially appreciate a classic old car with its matching classic RV.
Glendive is on the Montana Dinosaur Trail that many want-to-be-paleontologists follow. There's a dinosaur museum in town, and another sizable dinosaur display at the state park visitor center. This is a casting of a triceratop that was found in the park.
Most of the dinosaur dig sites within Makoshika State Park are far from the areas available to the public. But one hike took us right beside this fossilized dinosaur backbone.
The state park also has a nice amphitheater, with great views. We drove out there one afternoon, and it looked like a stunning place for a performance.
So when we heard that "Montana Shakespeare in the Parks" was having a Saturday night performance at the amphitheater, we made another trip to see it. This band of professional actors performs almost every evening, traveling across five states in the summer. They have to assemble and then take down this set for every one of those locations.
Where else but Montana can you expect to have a cowboy hat in your way while watching Shakespeare in the park?
It was a great performance of "Henry IV," and it ended just as the sun was setting. We walked behind the amphitheater to take this silhouette shot of the Twin Sisters hoodoos with the sunset.
Some of the characters were already taking down the set, and were now out of costume. That's when we noticed one of the main characters was wearing an Oklahoma tshirt. We visited with Andrew Rathgeber and found that this Shakespearean actor is the age of our youngest son, and he was raised just 100 miles from where we lived in Oklahoma. How many times do we see that it's a small world, and we're never far from home!?!
So all this talk about bridges, and cars, and Shakepeare--what's with the title of this blog? We were making the drive home after the play through the state park on gravel roads. When we finally got back to the pavement we heard it--a blow out on one of our car tires! This is the second time we've been stranded on the side of the road lately!
To get to the little spare tire in the back, Mark had to unload the bikes, the kayak, our lawn chairs, backpacks, and all the other junk we store in the car. It was quite an ordeal changing that tire beside a dark road among that tall clover IN THE DARK. Denisa is so glad to have Mark on this journey! He worked a summer job in a tire shop while he was putting himself through college, so he had this situation under control! So our stay in Glendive has been stretched another day as we waited for the tire shops to open on Monday, and then another day to get the tires delivered that we needed. Some times our wandering has some bumps in the road!
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