Lovely times in November
Well...so much snow since I was last here. It was about a foot. It warmed up enough so it's pretty much gone except for the giant piles in parking lots, but there's more snow expected late afternoon/tonight as well as Saturday. Kevin said to me, "well, it is winter," but I said, yes, but it's more like January or February weather. We normally have no snow at all in December and it's not so cold. But there it is. Meanwhile...here are some photos of the loveliness in November, pre-snow. Frequently the deer seem like they're posing. Spot was so happy to be out and about mid-September. Kevin and...
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the wednesday night b4 thanksgiving…
and i'm tired. but my house is clean, one of those rare times when it looks pretty good and i wish it looked that way more often. the thing about cleaning is that you get it all done and then it...
here at home!!!
whew, plenty has been going on around here since we got back to spfld at the end of September...like, for example, it's almost thanksgiving! two more days. must get on it. but backtracking,...
Train trip home
The train arrived at the station right on time on Sunday morning, Sept. 22nd, and left promptly at 9:50. Here's a picture of the river as we left the station. I didn't take any more pictures most of...
Heading out – Sunday, Sept. 22nd
First, as I mentioned, we'd been given the terrific map which detailed all 88 "day hikes" in Glacier - all 734 miles of trails. We hiked on about eleven of them, which isn't bad for our first trip....
Last night in Glacier
After leaving the park (and our exciting bear sighting!) we drove down the road to the tiny town of East Glacier. I had to take a picture of this motel because i grew up only two blocks from the...
Hiking in Two Medicine, plus a BEAR!
After packing up our stuff and heading over to East Glacier, we went into the Two Medicine entrance of the park and had a little snack lunch in our car. it was chilly and windy. We hiked on the...
Farewell to the Hungry Horse Hideout…
Saturday morning, Sept. 21st, It took us a while to load up all our stuff. And i had to run around and take some last photos of some of the cute outside stuff...can you spot the metal bicycle to the...
Sept. 20th part 2 – Boat Ride on Lake McDonald
It was a short drive down the road from where we'd been hiking on the Johns Loop Trail over to the Lake McDonald Lodge. The parking lot was kind of full and we had to park a little far away but...
Friday, Sept. 20th, part one
This was our last day on the West side of Glacier. As we drove down our street, there was the white bunny to greet us. We decided to try the Johns Lake Trail. I really wanted to go on the boat ride...