A polished and spiffed up Red Jammer ready for passengers. I had to chuckle when I read a woman’s complaints about taking the red jammer bus tour of the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. She said it had taken about 9 1/2 hours round trip to travel from the hemlock forests of West Glacier over […]
Jammer Joe – The Red Bus Driver in the Grizzly Suit
Little did I know at the time, that the man with the handle bar mustache and bear suit was well known around Glacier National Park. His name is Joe Kendall and he’s a farmer from Illinois who fell in love with Glacier National Park 59 years ago. It was May of 2005 and […]
Junk Art in Missoula
Creating junk art is a popular way of recycling trash. As the saying goes, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” The creations are quite unique and can vary from the simple recycling of a coffee can into an artsy planter to an elaborate sculpture made out of metal from the junkyard. Junk art […]
National Poetry Month
Bright Shining Mountains It’s national poetry month and I thought I’d share this sweet poem about growing up in the last best place. Growing Up in Montana For childhood excitement, For a life full of fun, Montana, Montana, truly is the one. Glorious sunsets over bright shining mountains, Strengthening hikes where the mountain lion […]
Free Week at National Parks
America’s Best Idea – the national parks – is getting better with another great idea this spring…FREE entrance to the parks during the week of April 17-25. That means you have a whole week to bring the family and explore these wild and scenic beauties without having to pay to get in. If you’ve never been to a national park, […]
Magical Missoula, Montana
Downtown Missoula Before reading the following excerpt from “Magical Missoula”, try to imagine that you were once New Orleans suburbanites that had acclimated to small town life in a BIG rural state with a population of under a million people. You have what you think is shopping convenience and too much traffic on Main St. You take a day-trip to the big city….big for […]
Happy April Fools’ Day
It’s April Fools Day and I was brainstorming ideas for this blog. I had thought about describing how the bears have started coming out of their dens, are hungry and in search of food. I was going to tell you that Grandpa Davey and I had experienced a terrifying bear encounter on our walk around […]
The Snow Rodeo or The First Day of Spring!
Okay, it was the first day of spring….birds were chirping and sunshine bathed the landscape. So what did we Rocky Mountain Kids decide to do? Go the annual snow rodeo of course! We knew there wouldn’t be any fast food joints or grocery stores for a lot of miles. So, we loaded up some brown paper bags with snacks […]
Magical Missoula
Mom said, “Pack your duffel bags!” E ran into her room and grabbed stuff, including her bathing suit because she wanted to swim. “Do you think we’ll stay in a motel?” asked M. “Maybe. Mom and Dad sure are acting like we will,” E replied, shoving her brand new tankini into the bag. […]
The Breathtaking Missions of Montana
David wrote an article titled, “Can’t Capture It“. Here’s how it starts: “We can intrigue, inform, lure, excite, or invite with our stories, yet cannot pass on experience from one to another. The images we capture serve to awaken memories in those that have them and hopefully stimulate fantasies in those that don’t.” He was inspired […]
