Badlands and Bacon…read more In eastern Montana in the town of Miles City(population 8,500), you might see a tumbleweed or two, cowboys on horseback, prairie dogs scurrying into their holes and if you're lucky, you might occasionally see a train hopping hobo board his next ride out. I made my way to the downtown area and to my surprise many of the businesses were open on a Sunday morning. On my way to the Montana Bar, I spotted a vintage rustics and antique store worth wandering into. Who knows what treasures you'll find there? Perhaps a rare copy of "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" by Van Halen on vinyl, or maybe an antique crank whisk for murdering eggs in a bowl. What I didn't expect to see was a full candy shop, ice cream parlor, donuts/pastry counter and a full cafe diner with hot food with locally sourced meat. You can wander around the store and find an entire black bear on display which has been flattened and hung up, as if to make a crazed scarf out of it. While I was planning to have bison at the Montana Bar, I deviated from that plan in favor of brunch, consisting of burgers, biscuits and gravy or whatever else I might fancy. I was racking my brain about why the bacon cheeseburger was a whopping 4 dollars more than the regular cheese burger. "Is this bacon really THAT good!?", I asked myself. I ordered a plate of bacon that was so good, one could only wonder why all the other bacons had it all wrong. Crunchy and yet not, ham-like yet greasy. It was like a bacon enigma, with a masterful balance between how bacon should be cooked. Onto the flavor. If you died and went to a bacon filled afterlife filled with delicious pork products, this is what your expectation would be. It's already won me over on the bacon texture, but how about that taste? I cannot describe this flavor to you, because there aren't any words for it. I guess the words, "awesome, killer, magnificent" might scratch the surface, but you'll certainly have to hop a train to Miles City to get your fix. Can I get another plate of bacon?

This was such an interesting stop and diner food mixed into one!…read more Always like to thrift & try to get some movement into my long drives and this was perfect. I found 2 things I wish my suitcase had room for & ate a grilled cheese. Probably my most affordable meal so far and I'm on day 10/14 girls road trip ,