Travel Blog
Nov, 22 2009
Day 1-2
We take an exploratory trip to Bozeman MT, wandering through Wyoming back country on the way and Montana back country on the way home.
Aug, 15 2009
Day 1-3
A Three Day trip from Bozeman MT home to Rapid City SD over the Beartooth Highway, through Sunlight Basin, and then over the Big Horn Mountains.
Jun, 14 2009
Day 1
On 17 August 1959, a 7.5 Richter-scale earthquake struck twenty seven miles north and west of West Yellowstone MT. We experienced the quake first hand and then visited the site fifty years later.
May, 21 2009
Day 6
The Last Stretch: On this last leg, we left the Lochsa River and went on US HWY 2 to Lolo Pass. As we were driving along, we wanted a spot to stop for a lunch break. Louise found a forest road on one of the maps that led to Eagle's Nest, a road that looked interesting. It was a lovely spot we shared with Canada geese and mallards.
As we set out some lunch and a few treats for Furry Purry (who was enjoying the cooler weather at higher elevations) a large dark shadow crossed the water. The ducks and geese didn't react, but it was a large bald eagle, apparently more intent on fish than fowl.
Lolo Pass: After lunch we drove back to the highway and up to Lolo Pass. It was still a snow fest up on top. Lewis and Clark tried to navigate their way over this pass, and would certainly have perished if not for Nez Perce, who some seventy years later lived to mightily regret the decision as they were chased from their homeland in Washington State toward Canada through a series of massacres until the final battle in the Bear Paw Mountains near the Montana/Canadian...