Odd art around Lincoln, Montana

We headed out from the city of Great Falls before the wind picked up. We were on the road at 8:30am. Nice drive through rolling hills, but not much vegetation... and not many vehicles either!

We made it to the town of Lincoln (pop 1,100) where we stopped at the Forest Service office where there was a grizzly bear display, but unfortunately it was closed.

Leaving Great Falls, we saw this odd statue...

Look like a fish from a distance. But up close, it's a buffalo.

Okay then.

Some people have pretty vivid imaginations!

Here are some photos of our drive.

We are headed back towards the mountains.

No traffic.

We are glad that most people like the Interstate!

This is a little more scenic.

At the Forest Ranger station, we read the sign board and it said that there is a free forest walk called Blackfoot Pathways "Sculpture in the Wild". It turned out that it was located right across the highway, so we left Sherman where he was and walked across. Good thing we did too, because there wasn't really enough parking over there.

Ruth at the entrance.

This piece is called Montana Line Drawing.

I'm afraid that I am not the best person to be an art critic. Most of it, I just don't get. Some pieces I can look at and say that it's interesting. But most of it is just weird. And then when you read about what the artist was thinking when creating their masterpiece, you wonder if they are from another planet. Or maybe you are.

This is an old TeePee burner. Once used in the timber industry.

Now, apparently... it is a piece of art!

Gateway of Change.

Tree Circus.

Can you see me?

There I am again!

Picture Frame.

Ruth, standing in the middle of thePonderosa Whirlpool

I wonder if it's a vortex? Maybe you can hear an echo??

Clearing.

The exterior is made with charred pieces of logs.

I bet the artist got her hands dirty building this!

A Place is a Place is a Place.

The Bridge.

East West Passage.

Hill and Valley.

This was made with thousands of newspapers!

So, that was an odd hour or so wandering around. By the time we got to the entrance, the parking lot was full! Now as I said, it wasn't a very big parking lot but there were probably 20 cars or so.

From there, we went into the town of Lincoln and parked up at the school across from the library. Surprisingly, both the school and library had free unsecured WiFi. Thanks Lincoln! We had lunch there and went for a walk around town.

By this time, the wind had picked up to the point where I didn't want to do any more driving. I found a nearby rural road that led into a state lands area and we got ourselves parked up for the night.

Scenery along the way.

Yep, this will do for the night.

And it was fine, other than the motorized toys that drove by every five minutes. Maybe not that often, but it seemed like it! I can't believe how these toys are taking over the forest service roads and trails.

Can't say that we are overly impressed, although it is probably worse because it was a weekend.

Beautiful scenery though!

We are up early again and headed into the city of Missoula (pop 74,000). They are calling for showers on and off for the next couple of days with highs around 60F (15C) and lows around 47F (8C). A little below normal for this time of year.

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