So one day it happened. Brother No. 1 came to visit us from Idaho. On the second day of his stay in Montana, we decided to take a hike along the snow packed Going to the Sun Road. Of course, most of The Sun Road is closed to cars for winter, but is open to […]
Life is an Adventure
Everywhere you look, life is an adventure.
Snowshoe Fun on Winter Trails Day!
One Friday, Mom mentioned to us that we would go on a snowshoeing adventure at Blacktail Mountain for Winter Trails Day. Saturday morning we woke up to be greeted by Dad saying, “Good Morning, M&E, it’s the day of the big snowshoe adventure.” We got ready, and ate a breakfast of Cheerios and strawberries. At […]
The Tough Trail
One warm day, we decided to hike up to Mount Aeneas. “M” had car sickness belly-ache from the ocean-like waves in the road heading up to the trailhead. She had a mint to settle her stomach. At the parking lot, a ranger came along, talked a little, and asked us where we were headed. After […]
Camping, Boating and Bears Part II
Camping, Boating, and Bears! (Part Two) We awoke happily after a night of pelting rain, which our dad said sounded like everyone in the campground was clapping. We put on our clothes and exited our tent. We gulped down Boost and ate cinnamon bread for breakfast. Our dad had come on the camping trip to […]
Camping, Boating, and Bears Part I
The Great Event For about two weeks, we had been thinking about camping before the great event occurred. Then one cloudy, rainy Friday afternoon in very late August, our dad told us that we could expect to go camping at Many Glacier, leaving the next day. Many Glacier is a particularly beautiful section in Glacier […]
The BIG Fair!
“Good Morning, M&E,” said Dad, “It’s the day of the Big Fair!” This is what we heard one Saturday morning as we woke up. This year we had won free passes for unlimited rides at the Northwest Montana Fair! Joyously we donned our fair apparel. Soon, with butterflies in our fair-craving stomachs, we arrived […]
Ticks, Elk, Buffalo and More!
Opening Day at the National Bison Range After a long winter and waiting for the snow to melt, it was finally opening day of the Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the National Bison Range. After driving past the cerulean waters of Flathead Lake, the largest natural, freshwater lake West of the Mississippi River, we headed […]
Marmot Mountain Fun and Terror!
Just before heading out on the Piegan Pass Trail, in Glacier National Park , our dad read us the stuff about the trail in his trail book. One of the things he said he read was, “Hoary marmots terrorize visitors.” We started down the trail where the clear, shallow, Siyeh Creek ran alongside the trail. […]
Splash Pass
Splash Pass (Wow! Free waterpark passes from the library) The next day after having picked up the free passes we had earned from summer reading, we went to Woodland Waterpark. After getting wet in the shower, we headed out into the swimming area, a place full of many exciting watery attractions; like waterslides […]
A Test of Endurance
It all happened the day when we had gone out on a ranger led hike to Iceberg Lake in Glacier National Park. This is the same place where on a previous hike, we had seen a bear on the trail. After we had eaten lunch at the lake, we began hiking back. We took […]
