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While in Montana in September 2007, we had plans to stop in Lewistown to get set up with a satellite internet system. The installer, Ron, had an extra RV spot at his home for friends, complete with hookups and invited us to stay there for a few days. The satellite system was a new model and there were a few wrinkles in getting it set up right.
Ron was a member of an on-line RV forum I participated in. Retired, Ron did satellite system installs for other forum members at one price no matter how long it took.
While there, we shared supper with Ron and his wife several times in their house and once at the Black Bull Saloon and Steakhouse in Hobson. We also took in the 2007 Lewistown Chokecherry Festival and the What the Hay “hay art” contest that stretched over 21 miles in Judith Basin County between the towns of Hobson and Windham. As, well they took us on a couple of other drives out into the Montana countryside.
“What the Hay” is now also called the “Montana Bale Trail.”
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Lewistown, Chokecherry Festival, and Montana Bale Trail information:
- Lewistown Chamber of Commerce
- Lewistown Chokecherry Festival
- Lewistown in Wikipedia
- Montana’s Russell Country
- Bureau of Land Management
- Montana Bale Trail
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Hi Mike .. just beautiful .. loved the music and the views of the town, the countryside and the hay creatures .. they were so well constructed – artists to the fore. Loved the thoughts too .. the MobyDick Hay .. the Centipede .. and more can’t remember them all and my video connection is not great.
That’s wonderful to have friends to show you around too .. are they chokecherries or chokeberries .. ? Is the deer eating unripened fruits?
Fun – thanks Hilary
It’s chokecherries, at least here in the U.S. The deer was eating fruit of the three in Ron’s yard, right next to our camper. I prefer “what the hay”, too.
Oh PS .. I prefer the title to the trail as “What the Hay …?” much more fun! Great grammar day I’m having. H
Good little deer – knows where it’s loved! and photographed. Glad you like the “What the Hay” too ..
Wikipedia muddles me! chokecherries and chokeberries .. hence my question ..
Cheers for now .. Hilary