Friday, May 18, 2012

Day 17-It was a dark and stormy day...

We barely got out of Jackson and the skies turned cloudy, even raining occasionally.  We traveled in three states to reach our destination of Butte, Montana.

Just before crossing the border out of Wyoming, into Idaho.




The scenery, although cloudy, was still very pretty.  Rolling hills, lots of green fields.








After driving through a small portion of southern Montana, it's easy to see why people like to spend time out here.



Fly Fisherman sculpture in Ennis, Montana



Frank's daughters, Allison and Andrea, put together a very creative and thoughtful birthday package that included the book RoadFood.  Knowing that we enjoy trying new and different places to eat, and that we would be in a lot of places during our trip, it was the perfect accompaniment!   We haven't been able to take advantage of any of the listings for the cities we've been in, until we arrived in Butte.

Pekin Noodle Parlor was one of the two places listed for Butte.  Back in the 1800's Butte was a big mining town and a large number of Chinese were brought over to work in the mines and railroad.  At one time, there was a relatively good-sized Chinatown in Butte.  Today, there are only a small number of Chinese shops left.


Diners are escorted to their own private/drawn curtain 'cubicle' with table and chairs.

We started with egg rolls and soup.  Entrees were a bowl of the highly touted noodles as well as chow mien, egg foo young and fried rice.

Unfortunately, we didn't have as good a meal as had been written in the reviews.  But the 'experience' of being in a historic building was, well, interesting.

Here's to hoping the next place we try lives up to the recommendations.

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