WARNING: THIS GEOCACHE ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS Geocaching is a fun sport that GPS users actively participate in. You use the internet to get the coordinates for the geocache. Then you use your GPS to find a container that can be anywhere from the size of a tiny nano to a 5 gallon bucket. The other day was pretty boring, so Mom thought […]
Montana
Seely Lake Preschool Named After Liz Claiborne
Today’s post is another bit of celebrity trivia about Montana. It happens to have a New Orleans connection, so that makes it all the better considering my link to the Crescent City. We’ve all heard of Liz Claiborne, the founder of one of the world’s most famous fashion design companies. She was born in Brussels, Belgium, raised in […]
The Spook House
My parents, sister, and I stood in line and watched as people walked out of the curtained spook house. Two teen girls stood ahead of me, texting and giggling. The line was long, but luckily we were pretty close to the front of it. A hunchbacked clown puttered around trying to scare people in […]
Famous People From Montana
According to the U.S.P.S., Gary Cooper (1901-1961) started his acting career as an extra in Westerns. He went on to play the all-American hero in many classic films including the well known High Noon (1952), (which, by the way, also happens to be one of President Bill Clinton’s favorite films). Gary Cooper is depicted on the postage stamps I […]
Six Man Football
With a state population of under one million and the largest city of Billings bursting with just 100,000 people, it’s not surprising that Montana has 28 high schools that play six-man football. M mentioned this fact to me yesterday and I am now informed of yet another bit of trivia about “The Treasure State”. Six-man football was […]
Lunch in a Strawberry Patch
Hiking the Strawberry Lake Trail and Having Lunch in a Strawberry Patch Finally, we reached the alpine lake at the top of the mountain. Mom led us to a clearing with short bushes surrounding us. It was protected from the harsh wind and it was the best place in the whole area to eat […]
Last Hike before Fall
Sunday was the final day for vehicular traffic along the west side of the Going to the Sun Road from Avalanche Creek to Logan Pass. We took our final drive of the season on Saturday up to the pass and hiked out to Haystack Butte via the Highline Trail. It was a popular day […]
The Weather
by Marlene The Pond at Woodland Park – Kalispell, Montana If you follow this blog, you know that I occasionally talk about the weather. That’s because I have found that people are curious about Montana weather. I’ve been asked about the weather by those romanticizing about it and scoffed at by those who think Montana […]
Track and The Threshing Bee
It was a busy weekend here in Northwest Montana albeit a hot one. Skies were clear and humidity low, but temperatures hovering around 80 to 83 meant summertime heat for Saturday’s track meet and Sunday’s threshing bee. M and E have been going to cross country track and their first meet was held at […]
Taste of Home Cooking School with M
Picture from the Daily Interlake On Tuesday September 15, 2009, the Taste of Home Cooking School will be held at the Northwest Montana Fairgrounds. That means it’s been about a year since M won the 2008 Taste of Home Kid’s Recipe Contest for her original S’mores Cake. Excited to see Mallory’s picture this morning, […]
