We drove out of the forest and once we got cell service again, we had a note from Shelly Meyer, who we have not met before, who lives in Missoula and is the mom of our daughter's friend Melissa from years ago backpacking in Peru (wow, that’s complicated). Shelly and her husband Skee have lived in Missoula forever and offered to show us around. We decided it was time for a hotel night and to do laundry so we were going to stay in town anyway.
We met Shelly and Skee at their home and they drove us around town, took us on a walking tour of town and took us out to lunch in town at Cafe Mimosa. Missoula is a great college town with lots of energy and no boarded up storefronts like a lot of towns these days. The new library is gorgeous and the college has around 11,000 students. It’s a very vibrant town.
After our grand town tour (thanks again to Shelly and Skee) we contacted Celia, who’s a friend of our friend Carter in Bisbee, and we met at The Missouri Club (locals call it the Mo Club) for a beer and a burger. Kind of a dive but it’s a local institution. Great burgers. We had a nice catch up with Celia and then headed to the Super 8 to do laundry and sleep. We are coming back to Missoula for sure.
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