Month: June 2010

Summer Celebration in Fort Benton

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Fort Benton’s annual Summer Celebration was this weekend and a great time it was! A free pig roast sponsored by First Security Bank kicked off the event. Several bands played during the afternoon and around 3pm people seemed to be drifting towards Front Street, the street that borders the levee in Fort Benton. When we got there is was blocked off to motorized traffic and a saloon had been erected. Gradually, several saloon girls appeared on the scene followed by … Read more

A Fisherman’s Paradise

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I was recently driving through Loma, MT on US Hwy 87. It’s a pretty small town with a restaurant and convenience store and now there are 2 cabins for overnight rental and 2 more are planned. I stopped and toured the cabins with the owner, who sounds like an avid fisherman. He said these cabins were built by a fisherman, for fishermen! No kidding! The duplex-style cabins have a laundry facility between them. In the laundry … Read more

Corvette Meet Held in Great Falls

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The Big Sky Corvette Club sponsored Cruisin’ The Falls corvette meet a few weeks ago at City Motors in Great Falls, MT. Even though it was raining off and on all weekend, the snazzy looking cars came out in droves. Day one was just for show. It was fun to see the cars and I chuckled when I saw one license plate that read “WhyIWork”. Day two included an autocross held at Montana Expo Park. Orange cones were … Read more