Blogs from Montana, United States, North America - page 53

July 8, 2006 Living in chaos...that has been the theme the last month or so of our lives. During June I traveled 2 of the 4 weeks for work. I had a great time in Memphis for the St. Jude Children's research Hospital training. I advise a student group that raises funds for St. Jude and we were privilaged to go to the Collegiate Leadership seminar the first weekend of June. Mom and Dad came and joined me for a day in Memphis, we ate some yummy ribs, drank sweet tea and walked around Memphis, enjoying the sights and sounds. While I didn't get any pictures with Momma and Dadaw (space cadeted those), I got some great ones at the hospital. It's such a wonderful place and such a great cause to fight for. You can ... read more

Hi all. Posting from Beautiful Glacier National Park. The travel through Jasper and down the Canadian Rockies was just gorgeous! Many memorable sights and sounds. In Banff NP we got one of our best camping spots of the trip.. in their overflow no less. Gently sloped valley nestled between two mountain ranges, slowly sinking sun. Very nice. At least it’s getting dark here! Man! For a while I thought Alaska was going to drive me nuts… on the night of 6/21 there was just too much light. Here in Montana it’s nicely dark by midnight or so. Raeann and I are continuing to have a nice trip. Thinking more about heading home, but not real set on that. Today we did and all-day float on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River..same one Julia and Lara ... read more

Alphabetical Altitudes I spent the fourth of July at the M this year. For those of you who don't know what the M is, it is a large M constructed into the side of the Bridger Mountains facing Bozeman. This is not an unusual thing in Montana. For some reason almost every city and town in Montana has the abbreviation of their name on some Mountain or Hill right next door. Now I know what you're saying, Bozeman doesn't start with an M, and your primary school teacher would be very happy at your correct observation. The M by Bozeman stands for Montana State University, there is a B on the other side of the Mountain, but unfortunately due to time and lack of up-keep it is fairly faded and grown in. Explosions In The City ... read more

Shane (a fellow mathematician at MSU) and I took a nice hike up thru the Spanish Peaks by Ted Turners Flying D Ranch. It's a beautiful drive and it's right out of town off from Montana's most dangerous and deadly road, US Highway 191. It was a nice little ride in to the full parking lot of the Spanish Creek trail head and a short 3.5 mile hike up to the Spanish Creek water fall. Despite the large amounts of vehicles in the parking lot, we encountered no hikers on the way up to the falls, and only one train of pack horses and campers going up to the mountain lake for the July 4th weekend. The wild flowers (wild roses, sticky geraniums, lupines, blue bells, and more) were out in true form, unfortuntately the only ... read more

We arrived home yesterday Sunday the 25th of June. What an experience we all shared over in Italy. As my husband said "On a river you have your ups and downs with personalities, weather and the trip in general". We have had all of that and more on this vacation. I want to thank my dear friends for joining me on this experience of a lifetime.... read more