…the Flathead Valley had these fellows. This photograph taken from a historical book about the Flathead Valley caught my eye. Two of the men in the photograph advertising “Wives Wanted” are holding cats. Adventurous men traveled to the Montana frontier in the 1800’s and 1900’s looking for work and hoping for success. Many […]
Ranger talks don’t have to be boring. They can be interesting, informative, and fun – especially if your ranger is a vivacious young lady like the one that lectured us about Glacier’s ravens. After introducing herself, she asked the question, “If you could be any animal in the park, which would it be?” My […]
I love visiting national park lodges and admiring their architecture. And the striking Glacier Park Hotel located on the Blackfeet Reservation in East Glacier, Montana has got to be one of my favorites. The Blackfeet named it “Omahykoyis” or “Big Tree Lodge”. It was built almost a century ago when the Great Northern Railway purchased […]
Some people take their “great” pumpkin growing efforts quite seriously; so seriously they are willing to pay a colossal price for seeds. Unless you are a pumpkin farmer or a hobbyist out to grow a super-sized pumpkin, you probably don’t have a clue what the seeds cost to grow these orange beauties. I […]
As they say, there are three sides to every story – Yours, Mine, and the Truth. David, the girls, and I were there to hear the Lakota side of the story. As we entered the auditorium, we passed up the snacks and coffee and took our seats. Watching the chairs fill up, I said to […]
President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill that created the National Parks Service “…to promote and regulate the use of the…national parks…which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such a manner and by such means as […]
Nestled beneath I-90 in the panhandle of northern Idaho about 40 miles west of St. Regis, Montana, is the town of Wallace. Every building in the business district of Wallace, Idaho is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only city in the United States to have this distinction. […]
There is one major highway that runs north and south through Kalispell. It is Highway 93 and many of our adventures begin there. Heading south it winds through rolling countryside with fine views of the Rocky Mountains and Flathead Lake. Many times while gazing out the window on drives past the towns of Dayton […]
Today is April Fool’s Day and I was going to play a joke and tell you that the RMKK people had seen a UFO over the Rocky Mountains in the wee hours of the morning. But when I started to do some research on UFO sightings in Montana, it just didn’t seem funny anymore. […]
I’ve been romanticizing about the West for a long time…since 1996 as a matter of fact…or I should say since childhood when I was watching those Marlboro commercials with my granny. My real fascination with Montana began on a trip to Yellowstone National Park in August of 1998. David, M, E, (M and E were […]
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