On Saturday, we began the drive to Yellowstone. Lots of prairie – rolling hills covered in grass. We ended up in Helena for the night. There was smoke from a nearby fire; Montana has as many fires as California, many of them started by lightning. We continued south the next day and ended up at [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Friday, September 25, 2009
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On Monday, we drove to the east side of Glacier, about 100 miles away. St. Mary is a very small town next to very large St. Mary Lake. We stayed at the park campground; Mary and Rick stayed at a homey little cabin, “Flat Top”, where the furniture was built by the owners. To celebrate [...]
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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Glacier National Park is spectacular. It’s like a bigger version of Yosemite, with 3,000-foot mountains all around. We went halfway through the park on Friday on Going-to-the-Sun Road. As you drive along the river, you look up and see this little line cutting across a mountain, 2,000 feet up from where you are. That’s the [...]
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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The focus of today was a 35-mile trip along Rock Creek, a pretty winding “crick” as it’s pronounced in Montana. We ended up in Philipsburg, a small town with many brick, Victorian buildings. One of them provided us with great ice cream; Moose Tracks for Dave and the best chocolate soda I’ve had in years.
Yesterday [...]
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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KOA had a nice campground in Dillon, MT. We heard the sound of Canadian Geese in the distance (which seems to be increasingly common everywhere). We went to Bannack State Park on Friday. Bannack is a legitimate 1862 gold rush town. It hasn’t been commercialized like Calico in California and houses haven’t been moved here [...]
Wednesday, 090909
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We’re finally on the road again. Departure was delayed a week because our black tank (sewage tank) developed a small leak. Dave tried various means to fix it, but finally sought professional help. Camping World was less than helpful; one said they didn’t do that kind of work, the other said they would just replace [...]
