Libby Montana

I drove down to Libby yesterday June 4th for the opening of the Libby Heritage Museum.I  have never been to Libby and what a great loss that is. What a beautiful little town nestled into the valley with mountains on all sides and the Kootenai River and Koocanusa Lake with the Libby Dam. I saw at least 15 eagles with one golden nearly becoming a hood ornament. The entire town has eagles all over the place real and sculpted. They have one at the end of one street that is massive. I will get a photo next time as I was late getting into town.
   The drive down and through Roosville is very scenic. I left at 5:30 AM as I wanted to walk into two historic sites that David Thompson had been to. One was a campsite entitled Tiger Encampment where they killed and ate a cougar (They thought it was a tiger hence the name in his notes.)
and the other is the famous river crossing at the big bend.The museum is very well done and I will have to come down here and stay for a visit. The people are all very friendly. Carl W Haywood did an hour lecture on the life of David Thompson for a small gathering of about 30-40 people and then we went to lunch. Mr and Mrs John McBride from Libby and Mr and Mrs Carl Haywood and myself went to a fabulous Mexican restaurant and ate and discussed DT until we were all quite full. Mr McBride has the distinction of recently selling a civil war rifle for ".......$800,000.00 US". He is a retired soldier as was his father.The trip back to Cranbrook was uneventful and warm at 24 celsius at one point. Great day with lots of memorys.