Bozeman Mt to Grand Coulee Dam

Today is Sunday August 22. Dick is dropped at the airport in Bozeman MT and on his way back to job and family. Off expressway can take a lot longer but many times its worth it. From dropping Dick off at the airport I wandered to Helena, then to Missoula and on to Grand Coulee Dam.

Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho

Lots of mountains, rivers and now open miles of wheat.

The range gets burned before the wheat farmers prepare new areas for planting for the first time

                     Before bed at 9:30 pm every nite the visitors center puts on a laser show on the dam. They open the spillways which become the screen for the light displays and speakers are arranged around the many viewing areas. The show is quite interesting and I have never seen anything like it before. It lasted for about 35 minutes. In the Google Pictures link I tried to make a recording. Better to see in person. So much has gone on its hard to capture it in words or even pictures. Dick and I have taken pictures separately and uploaded them in what comes out in a random order. Some day if I get time I will attach captions and put them in better order. Another problem is my spelling and memory. Dick is a great speller but his memory is as bad as mine. We forget a lot. We need a person on a trip like this to keep the names, places and other details straight.