Panorama View Towards Downtown Missoula from I-90. The Larger Buildings Are to the South.
"On either side of us the mountains have become steep, to form a long narrow valley that winds into Missoula. This head wind has worn me down and I’m tired now. Chris taps me and points to a high hill with a large painted M on it. I nod. This morning we passed one like it as we left Bozeman. A fragment occurs to me that the freshmen in each school go up there and paint the M each year. ...... Chris keeps asking to go up to the M, but I can see from here it’s a steep, rutty, scrambler road. With our highway machine and heavy load I don’t want to fool with it."
I-90 at East entrance to Missoula, MT. This panorama illustrates the Narrator's accurate description of the entrance to Missoula after they have gone over the mountain pass from Livingston. Note how the interstate has just emerged from the narrow canyon at the left of the panorama. Above the canyon you will see the large white "M" on the mountain side. This same the next "M" is visible in the next panorama, which shows the view seen from the West side of Missoula.
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Upload Date	:	Wed 28 Dec 2005 04:51:51 PM EST
Capture Date	:	Wed 28 Dec 2005 04:51:50 PM EST
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