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Today
was departure day. Most of the families that were still there
were leaving for Connecticut today. For some reason before leaving,
Mark and Andrew wanted to check out this place that we kept
passing on the way to my Uncles house. |
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The
place was called the "House of Mystery." According
to the signs and person running it, the House of Mystery contained
a Vortex. We were told that in this house there was an energy
field that distorted space. He gave us a big explination that
vortex's are rare natural phenomenon that occur in nature. |
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Now the
house was propped up crookedly on a hill. The entire house was
slanted so it felt strange to stand in. But I did not notice
any energy field or feel there was anything special. I was not
impressed by the House Of Mystery at all. Regardless of a vortex
or not. |
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There was
an interesting optical illusion where it appeared a marble was
rolling up a slant. But we checked on it and found the slant,
but we checked with a level and found the slant was acctually
going down. It was just the slant of the house that caused the
optical illusion to make it appear up. |
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Another
intesting illusion was this standing platform. The person on
the left always looks taller. It does show in these pictures,
cause Andrew is taller than Mark, which shows in ther previous
picture, but not here. |
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We went
out Hucklebery picking. Huckleberies are very popular in Montana.
I did not get many on this trip. Hucklberries are small and
blue. The big red ones are acctually called thimble berries,
but look and taste like raspberries. |
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when planning the tiip, I was not sure whether I could make
it or not, so I ordered my tickets later than the rest of the
family. The price had gone up but I saved $100 dollars by scheduling
myself for a later flight. The plan was to try to get on my
parents flight earlier and if I could not make it, then have
to stay a bit longer. At this point I was the last one here.
I was not able to get on my parents flight, and had to wait
3 hours till mine arrived. It was bad in one way because I had
to switch flights several times, and did not end up getting
in until almost noon on the next day. But it was good because
I got to see a few more areas of Montana. |
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The interesting
thing about Huckleberries is that people have not been able
to cultitvate them yet. They can only be picked wild, and only
in certain areas, usually at high elevation. |
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My Uncle
took me into Hungry Horse to see the Hungry Horse Dam. |
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This map
shows reservior from one side to the other and the streets that
run around it. |
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There were
several street signs on the way declaring Hungry Horse to be
"The best Dam town in the west". |
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A major
source of hydro-electric power. |
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This is
called the Glory Hole. If the water in the reservior ever goes
too high, it gets sucked down through it. |
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Eventually
it started getting late and I had to make my way back to the
airport. This was an interesting eagle statue on display in
the Kalispell airport, but the picture came out bad because
not only can you see through the glass, it is also creating
a reflection. |
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My flight
scedule home was interesting. I went from Kallispell, backwards
to Seattle. From Seattle to Minneapolis. Then finally from Minneapolis
back to Hartford. |
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The Seattle
airport was huge, I had to take a train to reach my gate. |
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I did not
arrive home until 11am the next day. I had a 3 hour wait in
Seattle and then another few hours in Minneapolis. I was flying
most of the night. My plane left Minneapolis at 6am (in thier
time zone). |
