MISSOULA, MONTANA – The guys and I had a productive week visiting several stops off of I-90 in Montana. We started in Hardin where we learned the facts surrounding the prison the town had built and released this video (more photos & video on Flickr).

We then headed to Bozeman (photos & video on Flickr) where we met up with our friend Rachel Maxam. Pete and I worked with Rachel while in DC at a now defunct anti-statist organization. She, like the crew of the Motorhome Diaries, is a member of the Fr33 Agents network. When we arrived on the night of the 5th we headed to a restaurant that served us what Montana is known for: beef and bison. Here’s the crew of the Motorhome Diaries with our pal Rachel:

On Tuesday the 6th we found a starbucks to work for most of the day. Later we met up with Carl Graham of the Montana Policy Institute for an interview. That night we were invited to speak to the local Campaign for Liberty / Young American for Liberty meeting. The crowd was very constitution-minded but hard core. The speaker after us was a woman from the Concord Coalition (CC). She was attempting to sell government solutions to government problems and I was happy to see that the crowd wasn’t buying. CC is concerned about fixing entitlement programs but the audience, including the MHD crew, wanted them eliminated. We had the cameras rolling so look for this soon. After showing the group MARV and socializing in the cold we scrambled back to Rachel’s crib for pizza. It was cold enough for us to abandon MARV for the night to sleep indoors.

The next day our mission was to meet up with Brian, a friend of Rachel’s, who just so happens to have a nuclear fallout shelter on his property (photos & video on Flickr). Below is Pete, me, Adam with Brian in front of an american flag 20 feet below the surface of Montana. Yes, we took video so look for this soon.

We had to do it. That’s me below. Adam and Pete also filmed this scene from Terminator 4.

Philipsburg, Montana (photos & video on Flickr) was an unexpected pleasure. We received an e-mail from Kirsten Tynan with the subject line “coming through Montana?” We answered in the affirmative and spent the next day in a half there. After parking MARV, Kirsten drove us to her home where we had a Thanksgiving style meal with some wonderfully well-armed anarchists. We then headed to a bar when drinking and pool ensued. That night we also abandoned a very chilly MARV and slept all toasty inside. That morning the anarchists of Philipsburg took us out to breakfast and then we hit the road. Kirsten published some more photos here.

We then headed to Missoula where we met up with Brandon Friede, a local voluntaryist who attends the University there. We spent the night in town and split after working from Starbucks this morning. Just before we passed the border into Idaho we stopped by 50,000 Silver Dollars (photos & video on Flickr) where we goofed off for a bit. It’s a touristy place that, as it’s name implies, has a lot of silver dollars. Here are some vids. The first is Adam telling us about the place. The second are some animals drinking.