We continue our way across the state. In addition to the great scenery and fun activities we have spent the last week visiting with family and friends. We made a four day stop in Bozeman where we visited my Aunt Izzy and a high school friend Betty and her husband Nick. We are now in Helena where we are visiting my Aunt Jessie, Cousin Judy and a school friend Sherry. Have had a great time catching up on the news and reconnecting with old friends. Along the way we bicycled across the Yellowstone Valley and along the Yellowstone River near Big [View Full Entry]

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Day 15 July18 Windermere to Bozeman When we turned on the car it was great to see we were back in the range navigation system. We had to rely just on MAPS for the last couple of day. The first stop back in the States was perfect. A duty free joint in Roosville, Montana (no relation to Hannah, girls) named The First and Last Chance Bar. It was about 10:00 in the morning and both patrons were already deep in their cups along with the bartender, who had a vicious little dog he said did not like anyone, except apparently the [View Full Entry]

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Hej Vi er nu ankommet til Yellowstone, og har efter en halv dags koeren rundt fundet en campingplads. Vi haaber dog at finde en bedre campingplads i morgen, da den nuvaerende ikke har andet end et hul i jorden at skide i... det ville vaere ok, hvis der var rindende vand til at vaske haender i. Desuden maa man ikke haelde opvaskevand ud, andre steder end ned i lortehullet...for saa bliver man spist af bjoernene! Saa det er ikke lige det fedeste sted. Vi fandt dessvaerre ud af, at vores telt er noget vaerre l#rt, men ok, saa laenge det hverken [View Full Entry]

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Blog from Rachel: We got up early and left Glacier for our 7 hour drive to Yellowstone. We broke up the trip by stopping in the city of Missoula to visit the University of Montana, home of the fighting grizzlie bears…the 1995 and 2001 division 1-AA champions in football. We all got Montana Griz sweatshirts…… except for dad!!!!!! He regrets his decision greatly. It’s a very nice campus except for the fact that it is haunted. I bought a book about Montana ghost stories and many of them take place on the University of Montana campus. There are many rooms and [View Full Entry]

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Today we were able to take advantage of the park buses to drive to Logan Pass so we could hike from the pass to Hidden Lake. Not having to drive on Going to the Sun Road with the construction was very welcomed. With water and sweatshirts we ventured up to Logan Pass. It was a good thing Amy reminded the girls to take their sweatshirts since there were still acres of snow several feet thick in most areas of the hike. It is amazing how some people dress to go for a hike in the snow (incredible since it is July), [View Full Entry]

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Avalanche Lake hike, What we thought was going to be a short hike, turned into an all day affair. Our hike stared at the trail of the red cedars, then we decided to go on to Avalanche Lake. It was a great hike through the woods and we were able to see so great views of the Rockies. The hike took longer than expected due to the girls stopping and playing in the water, but who could blame them. The hike to the lake is about 2.3 miles each way. To keep us entertained “Steve Erchle” (Emma) was pointing out various [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, Just when you think you have seen all there is to see in scenery and wild motorcycle riding, along comes Glacier National Park! It was not disappointing to say the least. As my title suggests, it was breath-taking, spectacular, inspiring, nerve-wracking, and at times I was questioning my reason for taking the Glacier National Park "Going To The Sun" road. I will get to that in a minute, but first the preliminaries. I spent the night outside of Spokane, Washington and decided to get an early start on the ride to Glacier. First stop was Sandpoint, Idaho. Nestled at [View Full Entry]

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Because we haven't been in a car enough yet, we decided to pay extra for a day long tour with the old people! Actually, it was a great day...we got to see so much of the park, and Shawn didn't have to drive! We traveled in a 1936 open roofed 17 passenger bus. It gave us incredible views of the mountains. The tour went across Going to the Sun Road, which is truly the most beautiful thing we've ever seen. The driver gave us facts along the way, and we got to "pop up" (aka stick our head out of the [View Full Entry]

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We made it!! We got here at about 2:00 on Saturday. It is absolutely amazing. Our campground is very nice, with a view of the mountains right from our site. We've had some trouble with our internet connection, so we're a little behind posting. We are about 3 miles from the West enterance to Glacier National Park. We went to the park for a quick hike around McDonald Lake, which was beautiful. The weather is perfect so far... in the 80s during the day with no humidity. Nothing but blue skies. [View Full Entry]

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After having a blast at the family reunion, we left Flat Head Lake on Monday and headed towards Glacier National Park in northern Montana with Bird and Bob and the Tabor family (Patty's sister). We traveled on the "highway to the sun" (which just opened a few weeks ago because of snow) through the park and we stopped at Logan Pass for a hike. The hike was 90% on the snow and we saw some great wildlife (see pics). We spent the last three nights at Many Glacier Hotel in the heart of Glacier National park. The hotel is only open [View Full Entry]

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