1. At about 9:30 this morning, Carol picked up Christy and me and we piled into her car for our October Sibling Outing.
We headed to East Shoshone County. I still don't quite understand Elmer's Fountain, even after Carol read me a history of it. We took the Gold Creek exit and very near it loomed two tall fountains constructed from steel pipe and metal parts salvaged from mining operations. They're yellow. The website Atlas Obscura describes them as folk art. Atlas Obscura also posted pictures of three fountains, two tall ones and drinking fountain-sized one. Did we miss the smaller fountain?
2. After gawking at the fountains and poking around the immediate area surrounding them, we piled back into the car and Carol limoed us to the city of Mullan. We drove up and down the hills and streets of this historic mining town and looked at different landmarks and drove by Mullan's two schools and its football field. (The football field reminded me of a painful moment when Mullan's Frank Reed [Reid?] ignored that we were playing flag football and crushed me as hard as I've ever been hit!) I got over it but never forgot it.
We had planned to go bowling at 11 at the Morning Club, but our reservation went haywire and the reservation guy told us we could come back in the afternoon.
We shrugged and headed further east to East Shoshone Park, a place we always called Pottsville growing up in Kellogg. Rain falling kept us pretty much in the car, but we were able to admire the beauty of the park, see the structures still standing where a fish hatchery once operated, and talk about various picnics, outings, and gatherings we enjoyed at Pottsville over the years.
3. Back in Mullan, we snagged a table at the Outlaw Bar and Grill. The Outlaw is famous, at least locally, for their delicious burgers and we all enjoyed our cheeseburgers and fries. Li.z M. and Becky J., close friends forever, were at the next table over, so Kellogg was well represented at the Outlaw!
We decided not to go bowling after our hearty lunch and headed back to Kellogg.
Somehow, this outing left me very tired and I went to sleep soon after walking in the door and wasn't really active doing much of anything until around 5:00.
Our lunch filled me up enough that I didn't need to fix myself dinner.
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