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

Missoula We traveled from Seattle to Missoula, looooooong drive. Washington is like the prairies, goes on forever. We stopped in Ellensburg, went shopping at the Goodwill LOL We are living LARGE lol Natalie found some brand new underwear still in the plastic lol showed them to me and I bought a couple too lol She was tickled to have found them, we went there to find some bowls so we could have brekky in the rooms lol getting into the swing of traveling :) Also we had our usual Saturday in Missoula. We found an Ihop, it was great! dare I say it, better than Langley Ihop, and cheaper too, unlike the Ihop in Seattle found at 10th and Broadway or Broadway and Madison. The service was poor and the coffee was weak, and we ... read more

We just spent 2 1/2 days enjoying the Lodge at Whitefish Lake and this morning and afternoon a drive through Glacier Nat'l Park. When we left the Runamuk in Roundup a few days ago we went to Helena and then to Whitefish and Kalispell. (Way too crowded and expensive and UN-Montana-ish...first time in weeks I had seen traffic, liberal wackos, rude people, and malls)....no wonder the Montana folks call it Kalispell-angeles----very sad! Tonight we're in the Bitterroot Valley and yes, we had to drive by Huey Lewis' ranch for fun---why not? Tomorrow on to Idaho and then home!... read more

Montana is coming to an end. We have all had such a lovely time up here in the boondocks and it seems longer than a week as time moves by very slowly in the woods and the sun finally sets near 10pm. The drive out here was long, but we did not want to drive much at night to stay safe and we switched, Ken and I, so that nobody would be too tired. Saturday evening we arrived to my dads house in Utah to stay the night, it was a nice but short visit as we left Sunday about 11am for Montana. Red rocked dry dessert mountains turn into rolling green carpeted hillsides as we drove further North. Certainly a gorgeous view the entire time and you can see variations as you pass state lines. ... read more

The day dawned with a little more cloud than we have seen to date but still plenty of sun around too.Made our own breakfast in the downstairs kitchen and prepared for the day ahead. We planned to get into Montana,the Big Sky country and that meant a 200 mile drive. We continued our way on ID-93 and shortly after leaving Challis came across a wagon and horses being driven by a guy who liked an old time prospector.We then travelled into another gorge with the Salmon River on one side and towering cliffs all around so a photo was in order.As we came to a stop and I went to turn the motor off the audible alarm of the horn repeating came on.We were puzzled and tried all sorts of buttons and switches on the dashboard ... read more

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 hallways that have unexplained things going on there at night. So that’s where Emma will be going to college. And I will be going to Wisconsin. Very, VERY far away. Debbie and Jess know what ... read more