The Longest Two Week Trip In the World: Episode 4

That evening after unloading at the hotel we ventured into downtown Billings for some food. Just about the only indigenous place open was the Montana Brewing Company. We had some diner style food and I had a really good porter. We wandered around a bit so I could take some pictures in the peaceful evening. The next morning we woke cleaned up and got some breakfast at Denny's because it was right next to our first destination: The Yellowstone Art Museum. It was a nice smaller sized museum, we viewed the exhibition A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence. There was quite a variety of work and some excellent pieces that made me reconsider my feelings on the ceramic craft as artform. On the way out of Billings we stopped at local cafe across from the Montana Brewing Co. the name escapes me but the place was enormous and sat on the corner all glass panes to provide a great time people watching.

A little over 100 miles later we landed in Livingston where we located the Visions West gallery. The painter Jerry Cornelia was well represented and I got to see a larger selection of the work that had impressed me at our stop in Miles City. Along with Cornelia, Jeb Todd's painting of fish really stuck with me. This gallery used the space nicely and was bright and warm with a great selection of northwest contemporary work.

Our next stop Bozeman.