I was based in two locals while I was there; the Deer Lodge KOA, and just outside of Philipsburg over the mountains to the west. I was there for months; even opened a bank account in Deer Lodge. In the Bitterroots along the Idaho border, we got dropped off/picked up by helicopter to map the ridge tops. I really liked that area as it is heavily glaciated and rugged with very dense lodgepole pine forest and lots of berries in the latter summer. But I also worked areas roughly between Butte, Helena, and Missoula. One of the guys was working on the thrust fault mechanics in the Flint Creek Range so I also spent a fair amount of time there too. Overniters were pretty common in the mountains. But really, we were covering the whole area. We were completing the mapping of the Butte 1x2 degree sheet. I had to ask permission to go on ranch land so I met a lot of suspicious people carrying the guns they normally keep in their vehicles. I am sure I looked out of place to them.