Jordan, MT

Now if you have never been to Jordan, MT, you have missed an opportunity to see some of real MT. We stopped and spent the night there on our way from Bismarck to Lewistown. The only campground we found (Jordan is very small) was a little primitive. We spotted the sign for the campground, but noticed that it had a For Sale sign on it, so Barry called them to see if they were open, as there weren't really any trailers there. The lady on the phone confirmed they were open and told us to just pick a spot. She said she would send her son to turn on the water, but upon getting parked we found the water was already on. Along came the son with several wrenchs to turn on the water, and after trying to turn on the water, which was already on, he decided to leave the wrenchs in case we had trouble we could work on it ourselves! I fixed dinner and Barry sit outside the trailer and watched a JV highschool football game with the binos. The score board was paid for in part by the local chapter of Walleye Unlimited. How is that for habitat enhancement! In the 4th quarter a little dog joined the game so that delayed things a little! After we ate we went downtown to find some local color, and boy did we. We went to the Hell Creek Bar, owned by a guy named Joe who was working. Very industrious fellow, serving drinks, cooking food and entertaining all the patrons. As he was ringing up someone's drink a lady across the room called out, "Hey Joe, I would like a Fuzzy Navel." Without missing a key stroke on the register, he replied "Then sleep in flannel sheets!" Momentarily he put on a Cheese Head hat and we ask if he was a Packer Backer, he replied no he was not, but someone had given him the hat and he liked it. Dorothy remarked to him that the Packers had lost the previous day, and he said "Ya kow, if the MT School for the Blind and Deaf was in the NFL, I do believe the Packers would have trouble with them!" The entire evening was very entertaining, thanks to Joe's exuberance and lust for life. The Hell Creek Bar is decorated with many wildlife and fish mounts and among all the beautifl heads, (one Muley buck in particular) was a big domestic sheep head! Don't see them very often, mounted in bars! If you ever pass through Jordan, do stop at the Hell Creek Bar, it is well worth your time.