Spending time in BUTTe, MT

On our way back home, we spent the day in BUTTe, MT. No disrespect for the people of Butte but we have called it BUTT, MT for as long as we've made trips through Montana. LOL 

We made a stop at their Visitors Center first. It was a pretty neat building right next to a Nature Park. They had a few neat Fishing Lure Exhibits, some stories and pictures of Butte history and these telescope thingies that pointed to all the different mine shafts on the hill. We also got to learn about the big white ugly dog memorialized in a bronze statue. They called him the Auditor. He lived in Berkeley Pit among the miners for 17 years. And since my youngest two LOVE dogs, they loved the story! [girls on sitting on the statue in the middle left]

We drove around the middle streets of town. They are a lot like Anaconda in the fact that you can High-5 the neighbors through your window. LOL But here in Butte the homes are huge in comparison. Next time, we'll have to take the Walking tour and " See BUTTE from the inside out!" {Gotta love the signs)

P.S. We really wanted to take the bus tour up to the Lady of the Rockies statue but they closed it down for the season. Bummer! Next year, I guess. Here's what she looks like from the freeway: