Fossils and A Sheep Massacre

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We decided a few weeks ago to take a short road trip to Glacier National Park, after school started and before snow closed the roads. We decided to book our hotel in Whitefish at the lower "no cancellations" rate...and now we are headed for rain...and some snow!

Today Bill drove us from home to Sandpoint, Idaho. We took the North Cascades Highway most of the way here. We started out in dry, but cloudy weather, had heavy rain until we passed "Rainy Pass" and then alternated between rain showers and sun for the rest of the day. The countryside was very beautiful for almost all of today's drive!

I always travel with the Roadside History and Roadside Geology books in my lap. And then I ask Bill to take endless side trips, and our compromise is I get to do some of these, and others I have to see as we drive by...

Today I didn't get to stop at the Curtis Sheep Massacre site (horrible for Curtis; much worse for the sheep...http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/22188), but I did get to look for fossils in Republic! The museum (http://stonerosefossil.org/) was closed but there were signs to the site...so I looked around in the shale fragments, and found a leaf fossil!

We also visited Log Flume Historical Park (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/log-flume/) in the rain...I walked the loop...Bill went back to the car...

We managed to confuse the GPS again near Colville. It wouldn't recognize the perfectly good road were on for miles (MAKE A U_TURN!!)....Since there was no other traffic for the first several miles, we did get a bit worried that it was closed up ahead. But the route "Flowery Trail Road" led us right to Usk...

I requested a few more detours that were a bust, so we won't discuss them here (sorry Bill...)...

We head for Whitefish, Montana, in the morning..

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Photos

My leaf fossil
The site was an ancient lake bed....

Comments

[george]

Fossil
Please invite us over or we go out to dinner to see that fossil you bagged in Glacier or wherever, and don't bring that fossil you live with. :) George

[Donna & Cosmos Voutsinos]

Lethbridge
Since you are in our area, why not visit. It has been a long time since Guatemala. We are busy today and tomorrow but free after that and do have a guest room.

[D MJ Binkley]

Cascades
I like this shot