Great Falls, MT

I would love to have an entrance like this to

my home, but it would be so out of place!

The High Plains meets the Rockies.

An oil pumper on the High Plains.

A metal sculpture on Scenic Route 89, ten miles

north of Great Falls.

Bill on the banks of the Missouri River in

Great Falls. MT.  I made him stand by the

tree so I could catch the beautiful yellow leaves.

Great Falls began to dam the Missouri River to

produce electrical power.  This is about 200 yards 

of what Lewis and Clark saw in 1804.

Bill with the first dam built on the 

Missouri River.

Great Falls also has an oil refinery.

A close up of Eagle Point Falls.

Directly below the second dam, the Missouri

River is reduced  to a trickle.  The vast majority

of water is being diverted into a hydro-electric

generating station.

A long view of the Missouri River

behind dam 2 toward dam 3.  There are

8 dams on this section of the Missouri River.

A young woman had several people watching

her windsurf on the river.  The wind is a constant

roar in MT and she was using the wind in the sail

to surf around and at times lift her out of the

water 6 - 7 feet high.  Incredible!!