We went to Fairmont Hot Springs near Anaconda Montana. We took the scenic route through Phillipsburg and by Georgetown Lake. These are beautiful places we had never seen before.
The Hot Springs had the most enormous pool I have ever seen indoors and a big one out doors too with a really fun water slide. The pool temps were 94 degrees and the hot tubs were 103 degrees. It snowed a little while we were outside, but the pool was sooo warm we had a great time.
Allison and Brandon didn't want to get out of the water.
The Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge was a very interesting experience. Lots of history about bad guys and good motivation to stay out of prison.
They had a really cool car museum too. Over 120 cars from the 1800's to the present. Our boys love Mustangs.
We went to Butte and visited the Mineral Museum. It sounded boring, but we all really enjoyed it. We were amazed at the collection of beautiful gems and geological oddities. It held everyone's attention for well over an hour.
We also watched a short movie on the history of Butte and the mining that has taken place there for over 100 years. There are over 10,000 miles (not a typo) of tunnels under the city. The entrances to these old mines are all over in the middle of the town. We counted about eight that we could see behind us in this family picture.
A good time was had by all.
Playing in the pit seemed a little more relaxing as John and his friends shared pizza and other goodies during the play. All in all, they performed a total of about 55 songs a night and performed 6 nights.