Blogs from Bozeman, Montana, United States, North America - page 2

Day 15. Bozeman to Ennis Today we stayed in Bozeman, named after John Bozeman who created the Bozeman Trail to the Gold Fields through Indian territory in the 1860's. Most of the day was spent in the Museum of the Rockies containing fossils of dinosaurs found in this region, many in the last 25 years. What interested me the most was a transport section with old vehicles and carts, buildings etc. There was also a 140 acre farm complete with farmhouse and buildings dating from the 1860's. The hour was made of squared off beams on top of each other and lime between to stop draughts and boarded up on the inside. It had a very ornate kitchen range and held many gadgets of the day such as wash boards, sewing machines and hand looms. There ... read more

Has anyone out there ever participated in IFRE volunteer program? I am looking for testimonials that aren't being provided by the organization itself!? I am hoping to go to Cusco, Peru this summer with my 10 year old daughter to do volunteer work and would love any feedback!?... read more

A few days ago, I was running errands with my mom, when we bumped into one of my high school teachers. I told her I was about to leave for graduate school in Applied Theatre. She said, “Oh…really? That’s not what I would have chosen for you. What made you interested in that?” I briefly told her that theatre had always been important to me, but that I wanted to work with non-professionals; that I am interested in teaching, but not necessarily in a school; and so on. But what I wanted to say was, “What wouldyou have expected me to do?” As I sit here about to fly off to another country, I can’t imagine much else for which I’d be willing to leave the family and place I love so much for ... read more

The first time I went to Lewis & Clark Caverns was 1983. (Google map http://goo.gl/maps/e10cz). Yeah, yeah, yeah - I know. This ages me.... but I was a kid...does that count? The next time I went was 2010, with Peter. And then, we went again this year. ...considering that, apparently, stalactites grow between 1/4" and 1" every century, and stalagmites pretty much get the "left over" drippings from the stalactities, not much has changed from 1983 to 2012, and certainly not between 2010 and 2012. (See more information regarding stalgmites, stalactites and other cave formations, in my previous blog, December 16, 2012, regarding "Black Hills Miscellany".) Still, we'll probably go again, before the next century comes around. Besides, the tour guides mix things up a bit, and have different jokes, and of course, there's the other ... read more

Photos from this day at Yellowstonw National Park Well, we started this YYNP trip with little or no expectations of everything going smoothly so we'd be ready to enjoy whatever happens. We arrived in Bozeman, Montana, anticipating a prolonged stay at the airline's customer service counter. Again we were not disappointed. Because of air-travel snafu we learned on our connecting flight in Denver that the airline screwed up our connections both coming and going. The only way they could correct the problem and still get us on the plane was to register us with special stow-away privileges or something. They told us the Yosemite leg of our trip was still messed up in their system so we should stop at customer service when we landed in Bozeman to get it corrected. Delta blamed US Airways and ... read more