Weekend

After a week of being in the hotel, I was ready to get out and about over the weekend with Tim. We went to the sidewalk sale downtown, and then went to the CM Russell Museum. He is a famous cowboy painter that settled in the area. There were many paintings and sculptures that really showed the progression of the white man taking over and influencing the cultures and practices of the natives. There was also a very cool Buffalo exhibit that depicted the many ways bison sustained the people, and essentially, the whole western movement. The whole situation was really sad. Millions of buffalo became hundreds within a decade. There were also some cool Indian artifacts that were intricately designed. As you see in the pictures, there was a play room for the kids....or parents. Jax was sleeping most of the time. On Sunday, we went to the Montana State Fair..interesting people watching. We missed the pig races and hot dog contest, but we didn't skip out on watching the Spam contest and playing games. We didn't stop in to see the half-woman/half-snake. We enjoyed some classic corn dogs and cotton candy....oh the fair.... By the way, the horse's name (the one Tim is riding in the picture) is midnight :)