We
spent two nights in MISSOULA. Captain Clark
of Lewis and Clark came through this valley before it became Missoula. The river that runs through the city is named
Clark Fork River. We spent some time walking
along this river at Caras Park. Nearby
is “A Carousel for Missoula”. That was
the promise that cabinet –maker Chuck Kaparich made to the city council in
1991. He already had carved 4 carousel
ponies and purchased an antique frame in thousands of pieces. Kaparich had taught others how to carve and
mechanics began the process of restoring 16,066 pieces of an antique frame and motor. The whole city got involved in this
project. Horses were sponsored and
designed by the people and organizations and school children collected over one
million pennies to adopt 4 ponies.
The
Clark Fork River was really raging. I
think it is like this all the time because there are several river rafting tours
in this area. There is one rapid in this
area called Brennan’s Wave. Brennan’s
Wave is an engineered whitewater masterpiece and named after a world class
kayaker who died in Chili. This man-made
wave gives kayakers and surfers a place to play. There were several surfers playing there when
we walked by. It was really interesting. They were surfing (facing upstream), but
staying in place. When they wiped out
the river took them down stream.
Our
next destination is Glacier National Park near the Canadian border.
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