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-Piccola Cucina Italian

-Carbon County Steakhouse

-Red Lodge Pizza Co.

-Montana Candy Emporium (Alli's favorite candy store, definitely worth a visit. Bulk candy bins!)

-Bogarts (great margaritas!)

-Adventure Whitewater

-Wild Bill Lake (one of Alli's favorite easy hikes)

-Beartooth Pass Scenic Drive (often in the top ten mountain passes in the world and the same highway the ceremony is on)

-Red Lodge's downtown has beautiful shops and has a very small mountain town feel.

Billings is the largest town in Montana and is the closest major town to Red Lodge.

-Home2 Suites by Hilton

-Billings Hotel and Convention Center

-C'mon Inn Billings

-Northern Hotel

-Ciao Mambo Italian

-The Montana Club (Alli recommends their Grizarita!)

-HuHot Mongolian Grill

-Jake's Steakhouse

-Walker's Grill

-Montana Rib and Chop House

-Windmill and Bar 51

-Walk or drive the Rims

-Pictograph Cave State Park

-Pompey's Pillar National Monument (30 minutes from Billings)

-Little Bighorn Battlefield (55 minutes from Billings)

-C'mon Inn

-Residence by Marriott

-Kimpton Armory Hotel

-Cafe Fresco (We ate here on our first date!)

-Montana Ale Works

-Shine Beer Sanctuary

-Sidewinders Grill

-Stuffed Crepes

-Yellowstone National Park

-Grizzly Encounter

-Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park (about 45 minutes West of Bozeman)

-Bozeman Hot Springs

-Hyalite Reservoir (about 30 minutes outside of Bozeman)

-Hiking

-Fishing (Guided options are available, but there are plenty of rivers or lakes to fish on your own!)

-Gallatin River Rafting

-Chico Hot Springs (about 1 hour from Bozeman outside of Livingston)

-Museum of the Rockies (kids love this one)

-The Carlton is in Laurel, MT and is about 15 minutes outside of Billings and 45 minutes from Red Lodge.

-The Quick Stop in Rockvale, MT is a fast food and ice cream drive up restaurant open in the summer months. Alli went here a lot growing up.

-Cooney State Park is a reservoir about 30 minutes from Red Lodge. It's smaller, but has camping, boating, and some fishing. This was a good place to swim growing up.

Alli grew up in Columbus. It's a very small town with just a few restaurants.

-Alli's Favorite Restaurant in Columbus: Grand Fortune Chinese Restaurant on Pike Ave.

-Alli's Favorite Coffee in town: Black Brew Coffee House

-Alli spent time along the Yellowstone and Stillwater Rivers at:

-Itch-Kep-Pe

-Holmgren's Fishing Access

-Fireman's Point

-Swinging Bridge Fishing Access

-Absaroka River Adventures

-Paintbrush Adventures Horseback Riding

Fishtail is a tiny town, but the drive there is beautiful and their general store is adorable.

-Fishtail General Store

Nye is tiny and cell service will be scarce.

-Family friendly hike to Woodbine Falls just past Nye.

-Emerald Lake hike to Mystic Lake from here

Or Butte, America, as it's affectionately called, is where Alli lived when she and Sid met. It's about an hour west of Bozeman and is the largest historic district in the state. Butte was once a booming city in Montana due to its copper mines. It is worth the drive if you have the time!

Restaurants:

-Casagranda's Steakhouse

-Lydia's Supper Club

-Vu Villa's Pizza

-Annie's Cafe

-Pekin Noodle Parlor (oldest continuous Chinese restaurant in the US)

-Bonanza Freeze (great fast food and ice cream)

-Front Street Market (lunch and a market of unique foods)

-Metals Sports Bar and Grill (in an old bank)

-Copper City Casino and Diner (get the Butte Pastie here)

-Java Junction Coffee (Alli's favorite coffee in Butte)

-Freeway Tavern (home of the Wop Chop and Evel Knievel's favorite restaurant)

Things to Do:

-Take a haunted tour of the historic city.

-Trolley tour

-World Museum of Mining

-Go to the Mother Lode Theatre

Scenic Activities:

-Hike to Our Lady of the Rockies overlooking the city

-Visit Ringing Rocks outside of Butte

-Homestake Picnic Area in the homestake pass

-Thompson Park Hiking Trail

Places to Stay:

-Hotel Finlen

-Copper King Mansion (you can also take a tour of the mansion even if you aren't staying at the bed and breakfast)

Missoula is about 5 hours from Red Lodge and 3 hours from the Bozeman airport. It is located in a beautiful part of the state.

Restaurants:

- Tamarack Brewing

- Michi Ramen Bar

- Cranky Sam

Drinks:

- Plonk

- Montgomery Distillery

- OddPitch

- Bayern Brewing

Things to Do:

-hike the Mackay Flat Nature Trail

-hike the M

Coffee/Breakfast Spots:

-Veera Donuts

-Liquid Planet

-Copper Mountain

-Loose Caboose

Cooke City was a top contender for the wedding location! Cell service is scarce, but the area is beautiful. About 2 hours from Red Lodge (be sure to set your timeline to after May for the roads to be open).

-Top of the World Store

-Gold Mines and bear watching around Daisy Pass

-tourist stops

-mountain lakes along the way

-Virginia City is a historic small town in Montana. Pan for gold and garnets.

-Devils Tower National Monument

-The Pryor mountains have wild horse and ice caves. These are a favorite of Alli's grandma who loved to search for arrowheads here!

-Glacier National Park is in the northwest part of the state.

-Flathead Lake is one of Montana's most beautiful lakes with extremely clear water. There is fishing, hiking, boating, and the infamous Flathead cherries. This is also near northwest Montana.

-Self tour of the old former prison and a car museum in Deer Lodge, MT. Rumored to be haunted.

-Phillipsburg is a scenic town in the mountains. Mine for sapphires, visit a ghost town, and head to the chocolate shop.

-Stop at Georgetown Lake along the way.

-Beautiful body of water with great fishing inside a beautiful canyon.

-Beautiful mountain lake with fishing and camping near West Yellowstone.

-Alli's family camped at Canyon Ferry every year after Alli hit junior high. Large lake with options for camping, fishing, and boating.

-Historic theatre in Anaconda, MT. You can still sit in the balcony.

-Book at Fairmont Hot Springs outside of Butte, MT to swim in their outdoor and indoor hot springs and slide.