Living in Montana is not for the faint of heart. You must have a pioneer spirit be self reliant and not expect amenities like you find in bigger cities. Most of these small towns you have to travel a fair distance for supplies and in the winter that can be tricky. I raised 4 children in a small town in Montana so the advice is solid. My sons graduating class was 22 kids and the whole town turned out to wish them all well. After the kids graduate, they move away There are just no opportunities to keep them around
@CLC312
Ай бұрын
You got that right. We homesteaded in Montana. We started in 1991 and left in 2002. Our place was off grid and we lived like pioneers along with a couple of other families up a single track gulch. I wouldn't trade those years and experiences for anything. You learn a lot about yourself when the modern world is not on your doorstep.
@rangers7259
Ай бұрын
As a Brit, I’ve learned more about your great nation by watching your videos than from any other source… outstanding KZitem channel…🇺🇸🇬🇧👍
@rhondatanner1157
Ай бұрын
Love that castle building
@rhondatanner1157
Ай бұрын
Look at that sky
@ghostlyimageoffear6210
Ай бұрын
I met a Brit in the tiny town of Ovando, MT some years back. I asked him if he was from Liverpool because he sounded just like the Beatles. He was so fun and friendly and exuberant, he put outgoing Americans to shame. He was hosted by former American neighbors who used to live in England and they were on their way to Yellowstone. We were in the only general store in town which had photographs of grizzlies who stalk through at night. Short time later a camper in that town was dragged out of her tent and mauled to death by a grizzly.
@apocyldoomer
Ай бұрын
Greetings from across the pond!
@jb117354
Ай бұрын
It's always relaxing watching these videos. I must say I enjoy the rural town tours over larger cities. Thanks for keeping videos approximately 20 minutes. Don't have the time to watch hour long videos and I thank you for that. Quality Content here.
@lisalarouge6309
Ай бұрын
FYI, Meagher county is pronounced “Mahr”. It’s Irish.
@RupanagudiRaviShankar
Ай бұрын
From India: Despite getting a student visa in 1983; could not make it to the US due to family reasons. even assuming I did come over, I am certain I would have at best seen few towns [ maybe ] of this vast country. but now sitting somewhere thousands mile away, thanks to this channel i am seeing most of the US towns and motorways. thanks to both of you.
@NickManCuso59
Ай бұрын
If you're thinking of moving here think again. Sometimes during the winter months it can get brutally cold . 40 -50 below zero is not unusual !
@GrabLifeByTheStones.
Ай бұрын
I am fine with that.
@williamwilkins3084
Ай бұрын
Yep. I'll stay away - I wouldn't even be able to get my car started when it's that cold! Or even get in it to try and do so since the door would be so froze shut!
@NickManCuso59
Ай бұрын
@@williamwilkins3084 Smart man, but you'd be surprised what you can endure when your survival depends on it ! 🥶☠️
@williamwilkins3084
Ай бұрын
@@NickManCuso59 I guess survival would be only for the fittest up there! It's not easy to survive the weather here in Nebraska!
@MTknitter22
Ай бұрын
Every place has its weather challenges. There are areas of MT such as Kalispell where winter is not bad at all. A number of Texans are in Montana and they love the ranching life there - my son lives amongst them. Texans & Montanans have a lot in common - a hardiness it takes to deal with 🥶 or 🥵🥵🥵
@MetaLeir93
Ай бұрын
Entertaining, informative and refreshing. I never saw somebody give so much time and exposure to forgotten towns in the USA. Watching this it feels like you really wanted to know what was going on in these towns, you didn't just do it for the youtube money. But I do hope you get your dues from this channel in terms of $. You're showing people how to pay attention to the little things in life
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@Eunice377
Ай бұрын
Always thrilled for a new upoad! Thanks for the tour in rural Montana.
@patm5594
Ай бұрын
Those must be the last 2 towns in America without a Dollar General...lol
@kevinspilker6622
Ай бұрын
There's no experience quite like going through the utterly spiritually beautiful Glacier Park and suddenly finding yourself in.....Browning. Browning is a hard, hard place. There are lots of good people that live there, but the problems they face in that community are staggering. A spouse of a family member worked as an emergency room in their ER, and on the weekends, Browning's ER would be indiscernible from any of our nation's largest cities. Gunshot wounds, car accidents, overdoses, assaults, etc. She eventually moved to Seattle and found working as an ER nurse a relief compared to Browning. If you guys get a chance again, taking Highway 2 through Glacier is a bucket list experience. As is visiting Browning. For the opposite reasons.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
We will do that.
@kevinspilker6622
Ай бұрын
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip and if you happen to head back on i90, Wallace, Idaho is a really, really cool town. The Silver Valley of Idaho was once one of the richest regions in the world. It was kind of the last holdout of the robber barons and the old west. After an apocalyptic fire that helped establish the forest service, Wallace rebuilt.
@SuperChicken666
Ай бұрын
The house, just before the castle, at 0500 looks to me to be in the style of Early Adams Family. Love it.😊
@robertwatkins364
Ай бұрын
From Townsend Montana, you are about 35 miles from Three Forks Montana close to I 90. That area is where the Jefferson, Madison, and Galliton, rivers come together to form the Missouri River. You would be literally at the head waters of the longest river in the U.S.
@ghostlyimageoffear6210
Ай бұрын
Lewis & Clark, and Gallatin City!
@wmwho
Ай бұрын
Townsend and White Sulphur Springs are both great examples of Mid-Sized towns in Montana. If you want small size, head about 15 miles south to Toston...that is a great example of a Small Town in Montana. This was a great video taking me back home (literally). Thank you
@cokesquirrel
Ай бұрын
Wow I really miss driving across the country. That is a beautiful town thanks for sharing the video
@NBZW
Ай бұрын
I the late 90’s, we traveled a number of back country roads in Montana, one that really stood out went out of Columbus. The place had a closed bank with a calendar from 1929 on the wall, a number of other closed buildings had all the windows intact as did the bank... I’m assuming the town was in the vicinity of Rapelje, the elevator had the name of a major brewing company.
@ghostlyimageoffear6210
Ай бұрын
Incredible.
@armandogutierrez5212
Ай бұрын
Thank you for all the driving you do.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@kathyburgess9536
Ай бұрын
It is so beautiful there. My sister lived in Sundance Wyoming for years and it was a treat to visit them.
@RandyFelts2121
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the tour Joe.
@nancysimpson4246
Ай бұрын
I enjoy your videos. I always learn something no matter what video I listen to I always learn something. Thank you so much.❤
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thank you, Nancy!
@grape196
Ай бұрын
From Russia with love! 🙃👀💌🇺🇸 Thank you for sharing! 👏 God Bless you! ❤️
@alexandralovesgoats3360
Ай бұрын
I love White Sulpher Springs. The downtown and country side are both understated and nice. The quiet appeals to me. The castle is stunning! I love the crunch your tires make on the gravel roads. Awesome mountains. Townsend is a nice town. I like the fairytale house too.
@ZackBlaise
Ай бұрын
that deck at 6:47 not only looks bad, but really dangerous
@hilarybramley7529
Ай бұрын
Another one of your wonderful videos! Great idea to incorporate the visual graphics for the statistics.
@RichardFelstead1949
Ай бұрын
I enjoy "Small Town USA" videos. Greetings from Australia.
@cecoya
Ай бұрын
Some nice small towns for sure. Both are beautiful as well. No WalMarts, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or Family Dollar either. Nice!!! Have a great day
@poowg2657
Ай бұрын
White Sulphur Springs was the very end of a Milwaukee Road Branch served by the local railroad you mentioned. It was mostly a grain hauler with trucks doing all of the heavy hauling today. Another great tour, thanks much!
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@briannave7326
Ай бұрын
I am from Iowa and used to feed cattle and bought feeder calves from the Miles City, Montana area.
@sandrahansen83
Ай бұрын
I have been to Billings Montana where we had a chuck wagon dinner just outside the city. It was very entertaining. Melbourne Australia
@MilePost106
28 күн бұрын
I hauled grain through here back in the mid 1990’s and loved it! There’s a Hutterite colony on the outside of town I went to and knew some of the people there and a couple of their boys moved here to Minnesota just west of me about that time. They are still here to this day. You are following my trail when I left White Sulphur Springs and went on to Townsend to load grain.
@elainepittman8773
Ай бұрын
So glad you spoke to the doggies!
@jburnett8152
Ай бұрын
They wanted to know if he could throw a ball. 😅
@TinkerTailor4303
Ай бұрын
They looked like they really wanted to visit!🤗
@stevenmoser7233
Ай бұрын
Love your back road town vlogs the best. I'm truly thankful for the videos because it's very interesting to see places through another's eyes.
@mariesheppard3750
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the ride today
@josephrobi6806
Ай бұрын
I am looking with my family to be living there. Thanks for those datas
@margaretthatcher6828
Ай бұрын
Welcome to Montana...we hope you had a great time.
@grahamhorne6956
Ай бұрын
Greetings from England. Montana certainly is the state. I'm a bit long in the tooth now but being a keen wild camper if ever I had got to the US Montana certainly is the state that appeals. Your travelogues are very good. Well done.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thank you, Graham!
@teresap268
Ай бұрын
First Dollar General in Montana, was Oct 2023 in Columbia Falls
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Interesting.
@snowblind.
Ай бұрын
The first in Washington state was July 2023 in Wilbur
@eddiesofast
Ай бұрын
You missed Dillon , a beautiful town of 4800 in south western Montana , Beaverhead County. Home of university of Montana Western . Great fishing , mountain s and recreation abound.
@ghostlyimageoffear6210
Ай бұрын
And if one goes to Dillon, they must spend the 20 miles to get to the ghost town of Bannack!
@coreysmith8560
Ай бұрын
Montana state looks beautiful. The log cabins are cozy looking.
@RobinGerhart
Ай бұрын
Lonely looking, very cold winter. Thanks for sharing!
@joebehrdenver
Ай бұрын
Black Hills native here: Every town seems to have a Stockmens' Bar. :) Thanks as always for the great content. MT is lovely and also not for the faint of heart!
@joeespo177
Ай бұрын
White Sulphur Springs like it could be a nice place to live. Most notable to me were the rail cars with no graffiti on them. Very rare in today's world. You could show your kids what trains used to look like.
@chambaa1000
Ай бұрын
It has high crime for such a small town
@allenrmontana
Ай бұрын
It was good to see you do White Sulpher and Townsend. They are basic Montana towns, they have what you need to survive, and a lot of agriculture. Dollar General has not spread up here very much, we have one in the Flathead now but it is brand new. Myrna Loy was born in Radersburg, just a little south of Townsend. I appreciate you doing normal cities here, and not the resort areas. These are what regular Montana towns look like, not what you see on "Yellowstone". I appreciate the job you did here.
@catlover614
Ай бұрын
An awesome video ! I always enjoy exploring these quiet rural towns, so fascinating. Some interesting looking homes and some lovely scenery ! Thank you, Joe and Nic.🥰
@jimgomez5396
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the ride! Haven been out there in 20 years,
@kathyburgess9536
Ай бұрын
Those cedar trees are beautiful.
@richardwatson8219
Ай бұрын
Thanks Joe and Nic for your video's, most enjoyable. Noticed in this video how the Silver birches are barely in leaf in early May, here in New Zealand start turning green in the first weeks of spring, two months before Montana.
@dixierebel1860
Ай бұрын
Rural MT. What a great place!
@ghostlyimageoffear6210
Ай бұрын
I have a book about a Emmanuel Taylor Gordon, who grew up a hundred years ago in White Sulphur Springs, a black man, who worked briefly on Ringling's (yes, of circus fame) railroad and then part of the Harlem Renaissance. Been to Townsend and Ringling and south and east on Convict Road, but not to White Sulphur Springs.
@zarkbrown8546
Ай бұрын
love the changes and the displace
@rajeevdeshpande7666
Ай бұрын
Hi Joe Nice ride, very comfortable and relaxing. Enjoyed really. Thanks.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@tylerthompson8241
Ай бұрын
LOVE these videos
@Victory1981
Ай бұрын
Beautiful backdrops! Rock on
@johnfitzpatrick2469
Ай бұрын
G,day Nic and Joe from Sydney Australia. I'm enjoying the look at MT Big sky. Q1. Is it better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all? Q2. Are church doors locked because the holiness is only inside? 🌏🇦🇺
@jburnett8152
Ай бұрын
Montana is beautiful. I couldn't do the winters though. I always thought it would be cool to renovate a train car into a tiny home. Today is the first day we are starting to feel some heat. 😩
@bayoumanbryan
Ай бұрын
ive thought about the same thing. some of those old rail cars were really awesome on the inside
@davidtate166
Ай бұрын
Beautiful country.yes nice to see.
@gaius_enceladus
Ай бұрын
NZer here - I love Montana! I went through it on a road trip with my Canadian uncle in 2002. Lovely place! I don't remember going through White Sulphur Springs but it looks like my kind of place! Nice and quiet, in the middle of some great scenery. Looks like a good place for hiking.
@juliogonzales5441
Ай бұрын
Thanks 😊 Joe and nic ❤
@Shawnroberts1980
28 күн бұрын
Really enjoy these videos. Especially the remote, small towns. I will open google maps on another monitor and follow along with you from town to town. Keep up the great work!
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
25 күн бұрын
I like that!
@SajjadKhan-jn7cw
Ай бұрын
thanks for sharing beautiful video 👍
@siphomogale779
Ай бұрын
Great quiet rural town👌👌
@BirdDogey1
26 күн бұрын
Winter is hard in those old trailers. Lots of them catch fire. Go up like a pop tart wrapper.
@donaldsteese5362
5 күн бұрын
We spend a couple months a year in a town of about 1700; big by rural Montana standards. Extreme northeast part of the state in prairie country. Love it there!! No Dollar General but there is a Family Dollar, which is a division of Dollar Tree.
@usmcmos0317
Ай бұрын
Great video Joe. Now this is beautiful to me. Love Montana and the area. But man these folks are way tougher than me. LoL cause me and all my metal parts holding me together couldn’t handle the winters there. I’m still a hit weather desert guy. LoL and from what few times I was through the state every thing is way out there. LoL but I sure love the privacy it has and beautiful landscape every where. Both those towns are plenty big enough for me. Now just to have a place 10-20 miles out be fine for me. And a house bout like that small log cabin would be just fine. Actually it’s probably a little bit bigger than the little house I’m living in. 13:52 So me and my best buddy my dog have all the room we need. Great job as usual safe travels my friend. Keep filming and I’ll keep watching
@umrmech84
Ай бұрын
For a small rural town in Montana, White Sulphur Springs sure has a LOT of ice machines! Very unusual. Townsend too. Along with an outhouse!
@handsomeX
Ай бұрын
Beat me to it 😂
@bayoumanbryan
Ай бұрын
Probably to ice down all of the wildlife harvested for food. deer, elk, moose, dall sheep, mountain goats probably even bear
@davidellis5141
Ай бұрын
The building at 5:15 is amazing !
@JosiahKillion
Ай бұрын
My uncle used to run the deli there at the Townsend grocery. Great video.
@kybruce1
Ай бұрын
I remember one of my daughter's friends in high school would spend summers with grandparents in Montana. She said was a three hour drive to nearest Walmart. Pretty remote
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Yep. The nearest Walmart is far away.
@NativeNYer
Ай бұрын
Hey Joe great vid! It is beautiful there! There's hardly anyone around which could b nice sometimes!😅. U and Nicole b safe.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@earlwheelock7844
Ай бұрын
I have been there, you do NOT want to retire there, as the winters there are LOOOOONG and extremly COLD and the wind howls A
@gregpies1649
Ай бұрын
Beautiful unspoilt scenery 😊
@ds381988
Ай бұрын
White Sulphur Springs is known for its Hot Spring where you can soak and relax, also for the Red Ants Pants Festival during the last week of July and it's close to Showdown Ski Area. Townsend is a neat small town along the Missouri River and Canyon Ferry Lake. There is also a neat handblown glass studio in Townsend. There is a Family Dollar on the south side of Townsend.
@JP-Au-Schulz
Ай бұрын
It’s “Big Sky Country” for a reason. Large state really empty of population, slow life style there too. At one point on the interstate, saw a sign that state next gas station was somewhat like 300 miles away. Crazy. Nothing against Montana, just not for me. Great video!
@michaelwoods9669
Ай бұрын
God i miss this state, the weather, fresh air.. moving back asap.
@WizenedVariations1
Ай бұрын
Montana, ND, and Wyoming need to be visited in January to appreciate what makes these states unique. Add working outside in mud during the Spring Thaw that freezes every night in March and April. Add getting worried over ground blizzards at night while driving home from a very small town bar to the "big city.' You'll find almost everyone to be open, friendly, generous and brutally honest . *This is also true for almost all of Canada as well, outside of a small chunk of sw BC)
@tamifaulkner4103
Ай бұрын
I grew up in south western Montana and this looks very familiar, particularly Townsend.🎉 Notice that in May most of the trees are still leafless. Long winters.
@apocyldoomer
Ай бұрын
I just checked the weather there, on 10May2024, @0500 hours, the Temp is 30 degrees F, wow, awfully cold for May! Happy Trails y’all !
@ES-mc3cc
Ай бұрын
It would be nice to spend part of the summer in that third town. But after 45 years in the Midwest, I don't want to see snow again! I'm doing fine in Florida!
@brenttoman5485
Ай бұрын
Wow really Kool town of Townsend , just love the sounds of the song birds as your making your way through residential areas! Could easily tell the call of the RedWing Black bird beautiful! Those two dogs were excited to see you and appeared to be very behaved! Once again love the show Joe!
@yawndave
Ай бұрын
A couple of nice looking towns in the northern Great Plains -- as you say, there's some beautiful country up there. I like the "dogs-looking-out-the window" sticker on the 2 Basset Brewery Truck at 3:59 and the Dancing Ants photo-stand in at 9:49 (for the Red Ants Pants Music Festival it seems 🙂 ) Maybe someday you can check out the "other" White Sulfur Springs in West Virginia and treat yourselves to a night at the Greenbrier.
@TinkerTailor4303
Ай бұрын
How did you see that sticker at 3:59 so fast??!
@yawndave
Ай бұрын
@@TinkerTailor4303 Heh...well, like our host, I enjoy walking around downtown areas with an eye out for interesting "stuff". I can't say how many times I've paused and rewound videos to check out a random article in Joey's city rambles.
@RetireEatsDelivers
28 күн бұрын
There's only a little over a million people in the entire state. Finding rural Montana can't be too much of a challenge.
@1951Roy
Ай бұрын
I'm thinking if the city approved a Dollar General it might put all the Mom and Pops out of business.
@Christina-ge3xr
Ай бұрын
I find these small towns very appealing. The only thing I find concerning is the availability of health services. Larger cities tend to have more options. It’s a trade off I guess. Thanks for the tour 😊.
@loboblue5441
Ай бұрын
I love Montana
@barkerjames1980
Ай бұрын
Meagher County- pronounced as 'Marr'.
@billstill1794
Ай бұрын
Now that I see that you're back in the States I'll hop back on! Montana - what a breath of fresh air and big sky! (I will eventually get to Helena...) Always like to see Railroadiana! ... The Thriftway and the plaza in Townsend look straight out of the 60's! ...Will you be visiting the Dakotas?
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
We'll be visiting North Dakota, Bill!
@WhittyPics
Ай бұрын
I bet it gets too cold in the winter for me . That looks like one of those towns that everybody knows one another? Looks like pretty scenery.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Yes, it gets VERY cold there.
@WayneSummey
Ай бұрын
Really appreciate the videos. Shows the real state of America
@RobertHortin-hu5qb
Ай бұрын
I used to live in harlowton Mt and two dot Montana just an hour east of WSS
@tylerhaynes8546
Ай бұрын
I live in the desert Southwest where our trees green up in February - March, so i always find it insane to see bare trees in MAY
@Vintaget26
Ай бұрын
I’d love to see inside the Thrift way store. 😃
@melvinmulder7750
Ай бұрын
I wonder what is the story of the sheep wagon in the side yard of the big stone castle-looking house.
@cherienafo7676
Ай бұрын
Thanks
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@zauq5010
14 күн бұрын
Cat spotted in the 1st town 7:55 sitting at the door.
@icandrum4u
Ай бұрын
Lincoln Montana is a pretty drive about an hour or so from Helena. It has a beef jerky factory, and is the location of the Ted Kacynski's cabin and the post office he mailed things from. Watch for wildlife on the roads lol....
@breannathompson9094
Ай бұрын
i love montana, the only thing stopping me is the competition for jobs in these little towns... i dont wanna take a job from a person who was born and raised there tbh there are so little opportunities for younger folk, thats why its a retirement zone lol.
@edwardmiller6353
17 күн бұрын
Thumbs up Video!
@isnftv2880
Ай бұрын
Are you guys finally driving to Alaska?! Sure hope so!!
@robertwatkins364
Ай бұрын
If you really want to take in the sights go back to Helena, then north on 280 I think, it has been many years for me. Look for, the gates of the mountains river tour. You will experience some of God's best work! You will never forget it.
@thefeistyone7178
Ай бұрын
Dollar General opened its first store in Montana on September 30, 2023. It is located in Columbia Falls.
@rikspector
Ай бұрын
Joe and NIc, I like Townsend, but do you see all those peaked roofed houses?. I don't think I would like their winters. Empty rugged state, but Glacier Park is awesome. Some of the best backpacking I ever did. Cheers, Rik Spector
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