US Washington State and Surrounding Travel (2) - Capital of Montana and Western Montana

Changde Wu    2023-12-10

While it was sunny in Washington, the travel in Montana side was raining. Due to the time zone, travel from west was so tricky. We arrived at the Montana captical Helena just a quater before the capital building closed.

Helena is a small city, and the capital building is also among the smallest capital cities we have visited so far. We stayed one night at Missoula, the second largest city of the state and wandered in the campus of the University of Montana, and are impressed with the campus and the big sign in the hill. We visited the Flathead Lake southern end. Surprisingly, the part of the Montana we visited looks more prosperous than the eastern part of Washington.

P1 The mountain velley along the I-90

P2 The mountain velley along the I-90 2

P3 The mountain velley along the I-90 3

P4 Montana state capital Building

P5 The staircase inside of capital Building

P6 The hall way inside of capital Building

P7 The Governor's office

P8 The Secretatry of the State office

P9 The Senates Chamber

P10 The hall way of old supereme court chamber

P11 The house of representatives Chamber

P12 The old Governor's Mansion

P13 Helena overlooked from a hill

P14 Cathedral of Saint Helena

P15 Countryside near Helena

P16 The University of Montana

P17 Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge and the mountains behind

P18 Flathead Lake at Point Salish Park

P19 Flathead Lake at Point Salish Park 2

P20 The scenery along the lake shore road

P21 Flathead Lake at Big Arm / Flathead Lake State Park

P22 Flathead Lake at Big Arm / Flathead Lake State Park 2

P23 The mountain valley around Plains MT

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