By August my co-workers were being hired at other parks and resorts for the Winter, or making plans to return to their family homes. I, too, was looking on-line for ideas to answer the question "Where to go at the end of the season?" One of my many applications was to a temp agency in Bozeman, MT. They offered an interview in mid-September and I accepted. It was quite a nice adventure to drive thru Yellowstone, colorful in Fall dress, and north along hwy 191. Photo to right is near south end of Yellowstone Park. Photo below is of Lewis River.
Interview completed, I returned by the same route thru Yellowstone. Mid-October the agency sent me another email asking for a 2nd interview. I had 4 interviews in Jackson with no responses, so I agreed to drive north that weekend. A snowstorm in Idaho Falls had me stay 2 nights waiting for the weather to clear. Tuesday morning's interview was mostly paperwork, photocopy my passport, and "We have a client who is interested in you." Later in the afternoon I received another email from them. The client is Museum of the Rockies, please be there at 1 pm tomorrow. By the end of Wednesday I was hired as the Administrative Assistant to the Director and other offices.
Museum of the Rockies is the natural history museum for this region. They specialize in dinosaurs and fossils, culture of the Native American tribes, history of Gallatin Valley pioneers, and of course natural history of the area. Education programs for school kids is another focus. Montana is a good place to look for fossils because the exposed rock is of the right age to find fossils. The Dinosaur exhibit is not as big as Yale's Hall of Dinosaurs, but it is very well done.
hike near Bridger Bowl. Forest of Fir and Lodgepole Pine. Chickadees calling from the trees. There are Magpies everywhere.
east side of Bridger range after the early Fall snowstorm.
view of the Bridger range, east of town
