This morning finds us in Missoula, MT aka Zoo Town. It took us a full day to drive here from Portland, OR. We had the pleasure of spending yesterday with a dear friend of mine from Middle School and her family. To the left, you'll see one of our gracious hosts entertaining us during our visit. We spent much of the day wandering around town and enjoyed a lovely dinner from the CSA produce we picked up earlier that afternoon. Fresh corn! We capped off the night with a visit to Big Dipper for some huckleberry ice cream. A Montana specialty!
Our hosts took us to the Missoula Smokejumper visitor center. This
is forest fire season so we thought we might see a lot of action but it was relatively quiet. The smokejumpers are the first line of defense and are deployed with surgical precision to stop small fires before they become big fires. To the right, is the parachute room where they maintain the quality of the parachutes.
We also got to take a look inside a plane that is used for firefighting. It is normally deployed in Alaska but their fire season is over so it has been re-deployed to Missoula.
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