Forty Minutes Later, Red-Winged Blackbirds Welcome Me To a Storm Filled, Lush, Green Valley.
….Despite the Approaching Storm, Red-Winged Blackbirds Stay On the Electric Wires …….And Ever Cautious, Cry Alarm At My Presence.

….“ We pass through Phillipsburg …. “ (Cont. next)

In the Flint River Valley, Philipsburg, MT. Ever since Georgetown Lake, Rt-1 ZMM Route, traveling North approximately 42 miles, stays within two miles of the Flint Creek (now more like a river) all the way to Drummond, MT and I-90. There the “creek” water joins the Clark Fork River, and with I-90, goes West.
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From Phillipsburg, MT, Where Do The Routes And Rivers Go?
…A) From Phillipsburg, MT and then Drummond, MT => The water of the Clark Fork River, continues West close by I-90, to go through Missoula, MT. And thereafter, the Clark Fork water goes to the Pacific Ocean by way of the Columbia River, then flowing along the Oregon-Washington border and going by Portland, OR to the Pacific Ocean. See Wikipedia discussion Next Photo.
..B) By contrast, Interstate-90, starting in Anaconda & Butte Area (~30 mi SE of Here), follows the Clark Fork River, Northwest to St Regis, MT, there separating from the River, and trending West by NorthWest, staying well North of The Columbia River, as it goes to Seattle, WA.
..C) From Phillipsburg, MT, the ZMM Route travels North approximately 27 miles to Drummond, MT and I-90. There, the ZMM Route enters the Clark Fork River Valley, and with I-90 goes West, continuing to Missoula, MT, and there separates from the Clark Fork River, and goes generally Southwest to cross the Bitterroot Range at Lolo Pass, and there go into Idaho. The ZMM Route then travels through Oregon, Northern California, and soon thereafter reach the Pacific Ocean at Crescent City CA.
….We notice how, in traveling the Clark Fork River Valley through Missoula, MT, the ZMM Route again encounters Lewis and Clark Territory.
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These Topics Continued Next Photo, In Which The Camera Turns Right ~45 Degrees.
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