Life in the west

Wenatchee, WA yesterday morning

Good morning from Butte, Montana. I've stayed in Montana before, but not in Butte. It's...interesting. We checked out the hotel-attached dive bar late last night (seems to be a trucker hotel here so I guess there's a clientele). We learned that the front desk manager doubles as the barkeep ("beer and wine only, folks"), that he has lots of opinions on the US Postal Service, and also on Anna Nicole Smith. We also learned that coming through his bar three, four times a year qualifies as a regular. 

It seems there is a pretty big Irish and Chinese population and culture out here. I guessed at railroad workers being the immigration trend, but a little research by EPH turned up the fact that it was actually mining work.

Today: Yellowstone, then the booming metropolis of Miles City, MT!