(If you cant read this I apologize but it is right in front of me at MP 192 I-94 eastbound side if you want the full size version)
What it says (and to my surprise) is that the Yellowstone River begins south of Yellowstone NP and flows Northeast (following I-94) and at 650 miles is the longest undamed river in the lower 48 states. It meets up with the Big Horn and creates the headwaters of the Missouri River.
While this journey has ended for today in front of this sign. It began in the early hours a couple days ago.
I usually go in to see Smantha, Taylor, and Amanda off for the day and dont bother Jimmy but today, since we were leaving, he wanted to get up to say adios. So, I unwrapped him from his fleece blankey that he has adopted for himself (it was purchased last year for moi by Judy the kids Mother). It was a brisk 34 degrees inside which I was enjoying but he was not a happy camper about it.
An early beginning on this leg of the trip.
I wish I had the energy these two were exhibiting this brisk morning. Jimmy was diggin it to though. LOL
We took Ashleigh's continual advice to slow down and see the sights so that meant stopping in Deer Lodge Montana where here you see Jimmy in front of the Territorial Prison Museum.
The red building were cells for 200 imates plus other facilities. The wall and Tower 7 were constructed by inmate labor in the latter 1800's.
It was a special visit because my daughter Jessica was a Corrections Officer in Arizona as well as Alaska. The younger 3 girls Aunt (thier mothers twin) is a C. O. in Arizona and thier relative (Thier mothers side) was Thomas Frances Meagher who was the first territorial governor in 1865 and was instumental in allowing the first prison warden Frank Conley to institute a policy of using inmate labor to construct un-affordable improvements to the prison as well as many projects such as roads etc around the area.
Jimmy got his stripes
he made friends easily
Some things to note in this photo. The wall and towers were the first project accomplished by using inmate labor under Warden Frank Conley This wall is 24 feet tall x 3.5 feet thick at top and 4 feet thick at the base which is 4 feet underground. The red line indicates an area that un-accompanied prisoners could not cross. If they did the guard in tower 7 (the one you see) was authorized to shoot them ,,, dead.
On March 8,1908 4 convicts attempted the first ever excape from this prison. In this attempt Warden Conley was severly injures and Deputy Warden John Robinson was killed. The two leaders were hung in the courtyard just behind where Jimmy is standing. They were the first and only prisoners hung within the prison walls.
The phone and thus camera died thus pics were over for the rest of the tour and the 120 cars in the old car musuem which was really cool.
I added this one for personal reasons. It is a memiograph machine. This is how copies were made years ago. I use to help my Mom make copies on one when I was young and she was the church librarian. The funny part is that this one is in the Prison Chaplains office.
We left Deer Lodge and made it to mp 381 I-90 where we spent the night outside Greycliff Mt.
Getting up late (0800) we continued heading east and following the Yellowstone River.
At Billings we headed Norteast on I-94 towards North Dakota.
MP 38 on I-94 was a lunch break so we could enjoy Tuna and crackers. Then on to Miles City where we got gas (8.1 mpg) went to Walmart and actually bought groceries then a couple things at O'Rielly Auto parts and now MP -192 where we have the generator on the a/c on and looking forward to a good nights sleep.
Tomorrow North Dakota.
Sleep tight.
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