Day 18- Yellowstone to Deer Lodge

First of all, Bob wishes Thorlee a happy anniversary. They were married just 2 weeks before we were- 41years years ago.
Leaving Yellowstone, we saw a few buffalo, elk and other wildlife, on yet another beautiful day. I had a hard time capturing pictures of these animals as we drove by.

We stopped in West Yellowstone to mail some packages home. On leaving the town, we saw a few Morgans stopped at the roadside but they waved us on, unfortunately. As we neared Bozeman, we stopped for coffee and received a phone call from our leaders, Ken and Pat. A piece of air filter metal had sheared off and caught in the cylinder and damaged the top of a piston. They were towed to Bozeman where it was determined the Morgan needed to be shipped home and a new special piston ordered.K en and Pat flew home the next day, and hope to join us in their Plus 8 in Quesnel on Sunday. This is why we keep more than 1 Morgan- they have 3. This puts Elaine "in charge".

We completed our trip to Deer Lodge to the Budget Motel- which was adequate. The sites for the day were visiting several museums in one- a doll/toy museum, a car collection, a western collection and the old Montana state prison All were execellent except the prison. After visiting the Laramie prison, which was fantastic, this one wasn't so great.

Most of the drivers washed their cars (Philip did ours early the next morning) then we went to the Broken Arrow Casino for a decent dinner- although very slow.  We heard that Manu had been stopped for speeding outside Yellowstone, and he had been told of 2 black roadsters doing 85 in the 45 mile zone in the park. (Bob copped to 110 during the day-not in the park, and we suspect Michael as the other). Everyone was warned that Montana cops are "Morgan aware". Since the speed limit is frequently 75, it does make for fun driving.

So far, almost all places we have stayed have had free internet- even the Budget motel.

Another successful MOA day.