Blogs from Billings, Montana, United States, North America - page 4

Billings - Ghost Cave Ghost Cave This was taken looking from one cave to the next. I was standing near the cave with most of the pictures and looking towards the Ghost Cave. Costs List of costs to get in. I took a picture of the sign in order to make sure I got it right. Picnic area There is a picnic area with a tepee in the center that kids can go in. Ghost Cave Here is another shot of the Ghost Cave. They have excavated quite a bit from this cave in the order of artifacts. They will be opening a new interpretive center in mid July 2009. As my son and I were leaving the Ghost Cave I turned around to see him starting to step over a snake. I did not have ... read more

William Clark in 1806 came down the Yellowstone River on his way back to St. Louis. Lewis, his partner had decided to follow the Missouri back and they met at the mouth of the Yellowstone. On his journey down the Yellowstone he stopped to carve his name in a pillar, now called Pompey's Pillar. For about a century & 1/2 people carved their names into this pillar until the government took it over. There were signs all over saying that if you moved off the ramps an alarm would sound. I have trouble believe it through, as there were animals all over and if they had an alarm system it would be going off all the time. When I was a girl in the 70's, I remember walking around the pillar and seeing all of the ... read more

44 Fun Facts from Monday! 1. I set my alarm earlier than necessary, which led to both Sarah and I being awake and not moving. 2. This led to a rock-paper-scissors game to see who had to get up and take the first shower. Sarah did it and had rock. I laid there a bit to figure out what would cause me to not have to get up, so I said I had scissors. Sarah showered first. 3. But not before piling me pretty high with all of her pillows. 4. It was our last meal in Spokane, and with Mike, then lots of packing. 5. Sarah and I were SUPER funny this morning! 6. Starting at 7:03 A.M. 7. We went to LC to drop of Mike and saw a few of the kids who ... read more

So i talked about Las Vegas in my last blog...now its time to tell u the story of the tour of the Grand Canyon. It started at like 6am. The guide was called Chris and he picked us up from our hotel along with another family and a Chinese student. The family were quite a young family...well the kids anyways. They were from London and spoke in a real typical posh London accent which amused me and they were so polite. Bob and Helen were the parents and the kids were Jordan, Luke and Imogen. Their ages ranged from 6-12 and they were really cute and so nice to each other...i don't think i heard them bicker once...not like me and my sisters were fought a bit and we're a lot older than them! The Chinese ... read more

Yesterday we traveled the Cooke City Highway. Driving south from Billings and through Red Lodge we made a 54 mile loop through the Bear Tooth Mountains. We went through Bear Tooth Pass at 10, 497 ft. elevation and then down into a beautiful mountain valley and then through Dead Indian Pass at 8048 ft elevation. The drive up to the first pass was a little scary - approximately the last 10 miles continuous switchbacks at 20 mph on a narrow road with no shoulder and no guard rails. Fantastic views if you can stand to look out the window and down into the valley. We then traversed a high plateau where we saw mountain goats, alpine lakes and summer snowpack. The second pass was much easier. The pictures tell it better than words. Although they don't ... read more