July 2013

Long, Long drive day of over 600 miles ahead!  We left the KOA before 8 am and made our way to Highway 2.  The Going to the Sun Road is quicker than Highway 2 but no vehicles longer than 21 feet are allowed on the road.  To get our 60′ rig through G to S … Continue reading »

  We took the morning off and just rested after yesterday’s long travels through Glacier and Canada.  We headed off to the historic Lake McDonald Lodge and brought our own picnic food and enjoyed a nice late lunch in the shade of a tree near the waterfront. V&T enjoyed playing in a creek (cold!) that … Continue reading »

Today was to be our most ambitious driving/touring day in the car- nearly 265 miles through the mountains of the US and Cananda!  We headed out early from the KOA campground in West Glacier and entered Glacier Nat Park (GNP).  GNP had 150 named glaciers in 1850 but only 26 remain today- they are forecasting … Continue reading »

We said goodbye to Missoula and headed north to Glacier.  We had wanted to stop overnight at Flathead Lake State Park- but either could not fit our camper or they were already booked.  Flathead Lake is a beautiful large lake (largest lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48) about an hour south of … Continue reading »

We packed up and left for Missoula, Montana- our stopping point on the way to Glacier National Park.  We picked a route out of Yellowstone and got in the biggest bison-jam we had seen yet- probably a twenty minute wait for them all to cross.  V&T were dissapointed they missed it since they were still … Continue reading »

This morning we let V&T climb the nearby tree again.  It was a bad idea- they got tree sap in their clothes, hair and skin- contemplating throwing them away- the clothes, not the children. :)  We had a nice peaceful lunch and headed out for a short adventure around 2 pm.  We had not explored the … Continue reading »

We left the Fishing Bridge area headed west toward Grant Village/West Thumb.  It is a nice drive along the border of Lake Yellowstone which covers 131 square miles and has 141 miles of shoreline.  Stopping at West Thumb Geyser Basin for the 1/2 mile boardwalk of hot features.  Some of the more memorable were  Fishing … Continue reading »

We slept in this morning again and left the camper around 11am.  YNP roads are set up as a large figure 8 known as the Grand Loop with the 5 entrances jutting off of the 8.  Today, we are going to do the top part known as the Upper Loop.  We drove north and herds … Continue reading »

Sorry for delay- no internet last few days at YNP.  We slept in this morning as we were still wiped out from the long day before.  We packed up and said goodbye to Colter Bay Campground and GTNP.  The campground has been our favorite so far and reminds us of our mountain campgrounds back home … Continue reading »

Probably one of our best days yet!  We awoke a little after 8 am and had a good breakfast before heading out just after 9 am from the campground at Colter Bay.  The day started out rather ominous by just starting a light sprinkle as we were pulling out. We started our day heading south … Continue reading »