Subsequent to the Battle of Little Big Horn and on the way to Matt and Lucy’s house in Butte, MT we had an over night stay in a little town called Reed Point. The population is 96. It was the sheep capital of the US for a while, but has severely dissipated and is vastly unemployed.
We parked the RV and walked the 6 building town. It was pleasant the way some citizens took over the bank building, and the post office to made it a home. They were the nicest looking houses in town. At one time the town offered 6 saloons. Now, there is only one remaining…The Waterhole Saloon.
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| Wise One |
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| Indian Taco |
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| see how rough this place can be? |
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| What Would Scooby Doo? (for Lauren) |
The doors remain open all day and night until closing time, which is 2 AM or when the last person falls off their stool. It is rough, to say the least. We had Sire with us on our walk and Tommy asked me to step inside to see if they served dinner. NO WAY!!! I was NOT going in there with mountain, sheep people in a desolate town….no way! So, he went. Sire followed.
I got to tell you, someday we will all stop judging books by their covers. There were only 5 people in this bar (including the bartender), but they LOVED US!!! Well, okay, they loved Sire! Dogs, cats, birds and even pigs are allowed inside. They had a ‘mascot’ pig named Otis for several years -UNTIL- someone decided to eat him! NO Kidding! They had a feast on their friend! (I told you it was rough!)
We ended up taking Sire back to the camp and coming back to the saloon for dinner and drinks later on that evening. We had THE best time. As long as you act poor as a church mouse, and totally like a gypsy, you’re IN! We played pool, and drank, and ate Indian tacos (which are awesome, btw).
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| the women is the bartender's mom. |
Once in Butte, we parked at the KOA and headed to meet up with Matt and Lucy. Matt is the son of our very good friends back in FL, JR and Vicky. Matt has a lot of toys and one of them is a white water raft. He, along with his wife and 2 of his buddies took us up this mountain to The Big Hole River. We put in upstream after dropping Tommy’s truck downstream about 11 or 12 miles. The weather was unbelievably beautiful.
The river takes you along pastures, and cliffs and even by a castle. It was such a great time with a lot of laughs, good snacks (we had Nutella for the first time), but no fish caught for dinner. We were on the river for over 5 hours. Great, Great day!!!
Lucy and Matt provided us dinner every night. We just had to show up with a vegetable and vodka - for the Moscow Mules.
Moscow Mules are our new favorite cocktail. They consist of Vodka, freshly squeezed lime, (just a wedge), and Cock and Bull. What that is - is Ginger Beer. It actually has no alcohol content but it works with the lime to create a very refreshing beverage.
The trick to the whole Moscow Mule is to serve it in copper cups. ALL copper, no aluminum content. We have been on the look out for these cups since we arrived. They, apparently, even though this is the capitol of the world for copper excavation, are extremely expensive. At least $20- $25 a cup.
We haven’t given up yet and plan on spending a couple more days here so wish us luck. Otherwise EBAY will get our business. For now, we are having a wonderful time here in Butte and look forward to several more.
The following day we headed out to a mining museum. I will blog on that in another blog.
Thanks for reading and I hope you are enjoying our adventure this year.
