{"id":3733,"date":"2014-09-11T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T22:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2014-09-13T23:26:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T05:26:53","slug":"photo-gallery-town-and-country-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2014\/09\/photo-gallery-town-and-country-travels\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: Town and country travels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-3733\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"3733-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-is-art-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-is-art-1-of-1-771x514.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Alley in downtown Billings: Does anyone know John Q.? Perhaps he could answer this question.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Birds-2-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Birds-2-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>I was driving along the Edgar-Fromberg Road when a big bend in the Clarks Fork River caught my eye. I got out of my car and was struck by a loud, unidentifiable noise that at first I thought was a waterfall. But no. I was hearing birds, thousands of them, perched on what seemed like every branch of dozens of trees near the river. I took this photo of a flock of them swarming between two groves of trees.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Birds-4-1-of-1.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Birds-4-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Here are more of those birds (starlings?) separating themselves from a tree.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Communication-center-1-of-1-771x514.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Communication-center-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Communications center, Chicago Road (I think) near Huntley.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide5\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridger-camper-1-of-1.jpg*771*552\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridger-camper-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Camper in Bridger. I want this on my tombstone.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/lightning-boots-1-of-1-771x514.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/lightning-boots-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Near the railroad tracks, Billings. I think lightning may have been involved. Sometimes you hear of people being blown right out of their boots.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Juxtaposition-house-1-of-1-771x382.jpg*771*382\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Juxtaposition-house-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>I was driving around just south of Laurel and came upon a spanking-new subdivision crowding in on some farms and ranches. That leads to some odd juxtapositions, like this tidy new house just a tenth of a mile from...<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shack-1-of-1.jpg*771*457\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shack-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>...this outbuilding on a farm.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide9\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-barn-1-of-1.jpg*771*429\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-barn-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Speaking of the rural-urban interface, this charming old barn is just a stone's throw from Main Street in the Heights.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-library-1-of-1.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-library-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>This is all that was left of the old Parmly Billings Library on Wednesday, as the world's slowest demolition job neared completion.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-library2-1-of-1.jpg*771*394\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-library2-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>And this was the scene Thursday. By God, the new library may have a parking lot yet.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide12\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-new-park-1-of-1.jpg*771*401\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-new-park-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>This nameless Yellowstone County park is in Lockwood. I might suggest \"Forlorn Acres.\"<\/p><\/div><div id=\"3733-slide13\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-dialog-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trip-dialog-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>The sign on this old truck in Lockwood reads \"Dia-Log Oil Well Electric Line Services.\" With a little work, it could be the world's coolest camper.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 3733, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2014\/09\/photo-gallery-town-and-country-travels\/', 13 ) } );<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,747],"tags":[1058,958,475,784],"class_list":["post-3733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversions","category-photo-galleries","tag-bridger","tag-huntley","tag-laurel","tag-lockwood","prominence-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}