Plains Day: An old-fashioned Montana celebration
Sawdust flies off the chains during the chainsaw race portion of the festivities outside the Wild Horse Plains VFW during Saturday's Plains Day celebration. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Sawdust flies off the chains during the chainsaw race portion of the festivities outside the Wild Horse Plains VFW during Saturday's Plains Day celebration. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
A vintage car fan gets an up-close look at a 1951 Ford Country Squire "woody" during the Rehbein For Car Show, part of Saturday's annual Plains Day party. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
The VFW Honor Guard leads the event-opening parade through town during Saturday's Plains Day celebration. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Crosscut saw event organizer Hunter Fielder gives it his all during the two-man cross-cut saw competition in the Plains VFW parking lot during Saturday's Plains Day celebration. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Sawdust flies off the "long-saws" during Saturday's log cutting competition in the Plains VFW parking lot as part of the Plains Day celebration. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Plains Day event goers filled the vendor and craftsmen display area along Highway 200 throughout the day. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
The ominous clouds that circled the perimeter of the Wild Horse Plains were kept at bay.
Nary a drop of rain came down on what looked like a potential “rain on the parade” event, but Mother Nature and the mountains that surround Plains held the line against the potential precipitation that threatened to put a damper on the 2023 edition of Plains Day...
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