Red Lodge MT is a small mountain town of 2000 residents, located about an hours drive from Cody, WY.
The drive takes you past the isolated Wyoming community of Clark, and not far before Belfry MT you turn off the flat and fast highway and begin to climb.
And climb.
20 minutes later you find yourself at a place that looks down upon the tiny mountain town of Red Lodge.
You can see the river running along the entire back side of town.
You can see the entire town from one end to the other.
You can see the mountains surrounding it.
It looks like a post card..................
We had decided on this trip because I needed to get something for my business from a local resident.
A beautiful day, taking a beautiful drive up to a beautiful town.
And I could write off the entire trip................
We quickly took care of business just on the outskirts of Red Lodge, had begun our drive through town, had taken a short-lived but very exciting detour in order to catch site of Momma and Baby Moose, and finally completed our drive through town.
Parking at the far end of the tiny ski-resort town, we easily decided that we would take a walk through town before heading home.
As with so many other resort towns (including our own adopted Cody, WY) Red Lodge was incredibly busy.
Wall-to-wall traffic slowly crawling through the narrow two-lane main street.
Wall-to-wall people on foot, wandering in and out of busy tourist-related stores.
The same kinds of tourist-related stores as in Cody - art galleries, souvenir shops, ice cream parlors, antique stores, t-shirt shops and more.
Also as with Cody there were many picture taking opportunities - flowers, signs, painted walls, unique benches, carved wood and sculpted metal art work, the unusual and the unique and the beautiful and the whimsical everywhere you turned.
We wondered how Kory would make out in such a disorganized and slightly chaotic environment but she did fine.
A loved, loving, even-tempered and self-assured puppy who enjoyed the walk as much as we did.
Some of what we saw in the couple of hours that we wandered this sweet and whimsical little town...................
You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you...........John Muir
The drive takes you past the isolated Wyoming community of Clark, and not far before Belfry MT you turn off the flat and fast highway and begin to climb.
And climb.
20 minutes later you find yourself at a place that looks down upon the tiny mountain town of Red Lodge.
You can see the river running along the entire back side of town.
You can see the entire town from one end to the other.
You can see the mountains surrounding it.
It looks like a post card..................
We had decided on this trip because I needed to get something for my business from a local resident.
A beautiful day, taking a beautiful drive up to a beautiful town.
And I could write off the entire trip................
We quickly took care of business just on the outskirts of Red Lodge, had begun our drive through town, had taken a short-lived but very exciting detour in order to catch site of Momma and Baby Moose, and finally completed our drive through town.
Parking at the far end of the tiny ski-resort town, we easily decided that we would take a walk through town before heading home.
As with so many other resort towns (including our own adopted Cody, WY) Red Lodge was incredibly busy.
Wall-to-wall traffic slowly crawling through the narrow two-lane main street.
Wall-to-wall people on foot, wandering in and out of busy tourist-related stores.
The same kinds of tourist-related stores as in Cody - art galleries, souvenir shops, ice cream parlors, antique stores, t-shirt shops and more.
Also as with Cody there were many picture taking opportunities - flowers, signs, painted walls, unique benches, carved wood and sculpted metal art work, the unusual and the unique and the beautiful and the whimsical everywhere you turned.
We wondered how Kory would make out in such a disorganized and slightly chaotic environment but she did fine.
A loved, loving, even-tempered and self-assured puppy who enjoyed the walk as much as we did.
Some of what we saw in the couple of hours that we wandered this sweet and whimsical little town...................
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