Huckleberries!

Huckleberry products were everywhere in Montana!

Huckleberry jams, huckleberry syrups, huckleberry candies,

huckleberry coffees, huckleberry candles and huckleberry lotions.

It was very hard to choose just one to sample.

"Growing amid the Rocky Mountains is a delicacy known to natives as the Wild Huckleberry. It's distinctive flavor makes it the most precious and highly valued wild berry available. They do not withstand transplanting or propagation and are not grown commercially. An abundant harvest, or lack of it, is determined by unpredictable elements such as frosts, adequate amounts of rainfall and sunlight. In late summer the berries are hand picked while they are at their sweetest. Using old family recipes, we at Huckleberry Mountain bring to you the finest most unforgettable taste treats made from nature's ultimate delicacy, the Wild Huckleberry."

I ended up choosing a milk chocolate

wild huckleberry truffle bar

to share with the family on the road.

They seemed to think I made the right choice. ;-)

It was just delicious and definitely rivaled Germany's "Milka" bars!

Heading back through Yellowstone!

"The great United States still has some room,

some great spaces."

~Margaret Murie

Wapiti Wilderness, 1966

"I wish to speak a word for nature,
for absolute freedom
and wildness."

~Henry David Thoreau
Walking, 1862

"Look back with joy

to your wanderings

in the blessed old

Yellowstone Wonderland."

~John Muir

Our National Parks, 1909

Big Fun at Big Creek

nature's legos ;-)

The Ruby River

tic tac toe at the river

knitting in the warm sunshine

cut throat trout

A Stop at Virginia City

"Virginia City became one of the first

preservation efforts in the West

and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

The gold-rush era fasle fronts and territorial period landmarks

reflect the optimism of Virgina City's early residents

providing a unique window to the past."

There aren't many things I enjoy more,

than spending some time

in a historic Old West town!

Lunch at Bob's Place.

Pretending that I am back in time. :-)

Come along and stroll down main street with me. :-)