MIRACLE OF AMERICA

While I was home sleeping, everyone else left for an excursion to the Miracle of America Museum in Polson. From what they told me, it's a miracle that anyone could collect so much stuff in one place. They paid ten dollars to enter and spent the whole afternoon wandering around. They certainly got their moneys worth! 

There were 40 buildings on the property and each one was filled with all manner of stuff, police and military vehicles, bicycles, snowmobiles, motor cycles and really old cars. There were entire buildings dedicated to washing machines, dairy equipment, fishing, hunting, and antique toys and games. They toured several little shops; a bank, a  shoemakers, saddlery, millinery, and even saw some space ships. You can't even begin to imagine all the things stuffed into each building. 

Of course the guys liked all the tools, weapons and vehicles and thought that the museum was amazing. The Kathies just walked around and marveled at room after room of the weird things that people collect. Kathe recognized the EASY washer that her Mom used in the basement of her house in New Jersey, sometime in the 1950's. That machine washed and wrung out the clothes and her Mom then hung them on the clothes line. Memories! 

In front of the museum there was some other interesting stuff, to get you excited to come inside. Here is a picture of a metal sculpture that they claim was "Messy" the Loch Ness monster of Flathead Lake. It was once used at the lumber mill to blow out saw dust. It's about 20 feet long. Now it's just gathering dust on the highway.