We drove to Phillipsburg today, about 50 miles from Deer Lodge. Cute town with some really good shops.
At several shops, you can buy bags of dirt/gravel/rock and go “screening” – sifting and washing hoping to find precious stones like Montana sapphires.
A must stop is The Sweet Palace where you can find every imaginable candy you can think of and then some. Samples of their famous fudge – you choose the flavor – are given out at the register.
After we got back to Deer Lodge, Phyl and I went on a walk. The pond on their property, where ducks land and muskrats play:
Dee owns the 80 acres which surrounds Dave & Phyl’s place. She has 20 horses.
Walking back along the road toward their house:
Phyl made the best Lemon Drop Martinis …
well … maybe they could have used a bit more sugar:
