Helena - Part 2

After our first few days in Helena we headed to Dillon, MT (and then South to Lima, MT and the Montana-Idaho border) for Susan's cousin Beth's wedding. Susan has the pictures on her blog. After we came back to Helena for a few more days. There were a couple of days we were able to sleep in (Linda and Rudy didn't give us too much flak about "Wasting our vacation"). Mom and Dad also met up with us there for a couple of days before heading out to Alaska. One morning we took a bit of a hike up towards one of the passes from the Lodge.


Rudy took us out kayaking on the Missouri River not too far from Helena. Thanks to Rudy for taking the pictures. This is Susan before we put in. The river was as high as I'd ever seen it. (Oh yes, she was mighty that day) You can see it rushing around the columns over the overpass in the background.


This is a campsite that had been flooded by the river. It was pretty cool being able to paddle around in it. Susan did really well for her first time kayaking, and I worked on my steering. Not our (near) perfect synchronization.

We were grateful for the relative heat and sunshine. I think Susan and I counted three days on the trip where we were able to wear a T-shirt and shorts. This was the only day in Montana when that was possible.

We made it to a Helena Brewers game. I believe this is Pioneer League of the minors (which is before single A, often where very new players start). It was their second game of the season (they can't start until high school gets out). You can get a sense of how intimate the park is. We wished we'd brought the zoom lens so we could have tried our hand at some action shots. Oh well, at least we got the rainbow. Not as good as the double rainbow though.

I tried to tell Susan she'd had enough, but she just wouldn't listen.