We had heard so much about Cody, WY and its namesake “Buffalo Bill” Cody, that we had to take a drive there to see what it’s all about. We drove through Yellowstone NP stopping for pictures along the Yellowstone River, to the East entrance. President Theodore Roosevelt called the stretch of highway between Cody and…
Beartooth Scenic Highway
The Beartooth Scenic Highway opened to automobile travel in 1937, and is a National Scenic Byway, 68 miles in length winding through southwest Montana and northeast Wyoming. We left West Yellowstone early to avoid the traffic in Yellowstone and drove through the Park to the northeast entrance at Silver Gate where we stopped at the…
Heart Lake Loop Trail, Yellowstone NP
We were able to get our backcountry permits ahead of time for a small fee but at least we didn’t have to wake up early and stand in line, not knowing if we would be able to get the permits that we wanted. We did purchase 3 nights hiking around the Heart Lake area located…
Quake Lake, Montana
“it was a beautiful moonlit night, August 17, 1959, when one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in the Rocky Mountains struck the Madison River Canyon.” We drove to the Earthquake Lake Visitor Center, not far from West Yellowstone, to learn about the earthquake, see the landslide from the Vista Room and take a…
Yellowstone NP
We are staying at a beautiful park in West Yellowstone, the Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park, for three weeks while we explore all what Yellowstone NP has to offer for hiking and sightseeing. We visited Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces where mineral-laden hot water from deep beneath the Earth’s crust finds its way to the surface and…
Missoula, Boseman and Big Sky, Montana
We left Columbia Falls RV Park today heading for Yellowstone NP. We stopped in Missoula and Bozeman for a few days and sampled some of the best breweries in the area. We went up to the Lolo Pass, (5,233 ft) in the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains, for a beautiful scenic drive and explored…
Whitefish Mt, Montana-Harpers 1st Summit
We left St Mary KOA and drove through the forest fires on Route 2 toward West Glacier, and arrived safely at Columbia Falls RV Park to visit with Kevin and Ericka in Kalispell. We met Kevin, Ericka, Harper, Linda and Panda at Whitefish Mountain Resort this morning to take Harper on her first hike. She…
Boulder Pass Hike, Glacier NP
This is considered the best backpacking trip in Glacier and I was able to get permits at 7am on Monday for 4 nights at some great campsites along Kintla Lake to Bowman Lake. Mike Harrison went out of his way on his birthday to meet us at Polebridge and drive us to the Trailhead at…
Waterton Lakes NP, Canada
Happy Birthday Bob!! For Bob’s birthday we decided to drive to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. The epic vista of Prince of Wales Hotel and the peaks of Waterton greeted us as we approached the town on the shores of Upper Waterton Lake. The Hotel was constructed between 1926 and 1927, by the Great…
Redgap Pass-Elizabeth Lake Hike
Three days, 2 Passes, 32 miles in the heart of Glacier NP Day 1 We were fortunate to get back country permits for 2 nights from Many Glacier to Poia Lake and over Redgap Pass to Elizabeth Lake and back over Ptarmigan Tunnel, for three days of backpacking. We had all our gear packed and…