Blogs from Montana, United States, North America - page 7

All is well . The last few days have been extremely exciting and busy. However, there was absolutely no WiFi or Cell Service so I was unable to communicate. I left Moran Yesterday and rode through Grand Teton Park and into Yellowstone. Camped with Pat and Jane Scanlon at Louise Lake 10 miles South of Grant Village. I then rode in their car for a tour of part of Yellowstone. Today, Pat and I rode through Yellowstone and arrived in West Yellowstone, Montana. Tomorrow,I am taking the day off and we will again see Yellowstone by car. I am exhausted and need some sleep so the big blog to fill in the last two days will occur tomorrow sometime. Until then.... read more

Glacier-drove to Siyah Falls then took shuttle to Logan Pass (on the Continental Divide). Rick, Chrissy and Maggie hIked part of Hidden Lake Trail and touched snow! Then we drove to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. In our campground at WLNP there were lots of ground squirrels. Rick and Maggie went for a hike. We rented a surrey (pedal cart) and biked though the townsite. The townsite is a town with private businesses and residences inside the park. When I asked the townsite it I was told this was common in Canadian Parks. The day was very windy and luckily the campground had cooking shelters (as did other Canadian campgrounds last year). In the evening we went to a fire program led by a Warden (Canadian name for a Ranger), which was fascinating. There was ... read more

Glacier still. We drove from the east side of the park to the west side by way of the Going To The Sun Road. The GTTS is an engineering marvel and the drive was spectacular. We checked in at our new campground, Fish Camp, where we are staying for two nights. We drove on an unpaved road for five miles to a trailhead for Howe Lake Trail. The hike was 4 miles round trip and Howe Lake wasn't special. We had a fun hike tho - we saw one group on our way there and one on our way back. We sang, clapped and yelled out to scare away the bears, and later realized we were also scaring away mountain lions! Our van is filthy.... read more

The lovely little town of Jackson shuts down for a month in between the ski and summer seasons. But we were in luck, and when we left, it happened to be the reopening date for the aerial tram to the top of Mount Rendezvous from nearby Teton Village. So, we went up to the top to where the snow is. Others took skis. We wore runners. It was snow/hailing most of the time we were up there, and we had to take refuge in the waffle shop, which smelt sooooo good. But we saw the really good views from the top looking over the valley and in the other direction to more mountains that were obscured by the first range. We then headed north through parts of Grand Teton NP that we had not yet visited ... read more

Today was a better day. I spent the morning fly fishing in the park, I'm sure that helped my attitude. I started first at Nez Perce Creek, a tributary of the Firehole River. I caught one small brown trout there, then moved to the Firehole River itself, where I caught two more brown trout. Yee-haa! At both rivers I was fishing alongside thermal features, with steam rising out of the ground and hot water running into the creek, yet there were plenty of happy trout in the stream. At one spot on Nez Perce Creek I could feel the warm ground through my boots. There is a lifetime of great trout fishing in Yellowstone. You don't need a state fishing license in the park, only a park fishing permit, which is reasonably priced at $18 for ... read more