Blogs from Montana, United States, North America - page 67

To wake up in the middle of the wilderness by a lake with not a soul around is pretty surreal. We tucked into a hardie breakfast of cranberry and oats. Our morning bath can only be described as refreshing to the extreme as we jumped into the lake of snow melted water. Our plan was to hike out and head back to Bozeman today but none of us could leave the area without one last look around. So we packed up our campsite and hid our packs under a tree before heading further up the valley. It was hard to know when to stop and we probably walked a little further than intended but the lure of whats over the horizon was ever enticing. Its hard to believe that within a few months this place will ... read more

Hey all you wonderful patrons... I just wanted to ask you all a couple favors... Some of you have been added by me or Stef because we felt you needed some assistance in the initiative department...so...sorry, I guess. Or not. We just wanted to ask that if you are reading the blog on the regular, we would greatly appreciate it if you subscribed, just so we know that you're out there keeping tabs. Also, please feel free to pass this on to anyone else who might enjoy it, hate it, marvel at it or be repulsed by it. There's no such thing as bad publicity. Again, thanks for being part of this-- whether you realize it or not you are each with us in some way as we wander the countryside, prattling away... SR/SS... read more

What's hot: Interstate 90. What's not: The return drive. Travel lesson of the day: There’s more to see! from Kathy: As we drove away from the boat at 10 a.m., Paul said, “Goodbye, Pacific Ocean.” It brought a touch of mortality to this trip, for most of which I’ve been in a state of never-endingness. With this goodbye, I realize we are now turning back towards home. Now we are on Rt. 90 W in Seattle, WA, which will take us halfway across the country. We already have about 5,150 miles on the trip odometer and that doesn’t count the 1100 miles each way to Alaska and the Yukon. We have been in our little bubble-for-four, aka the Floonian Roadster, off and on since July 6. Who are we? A reluctant 18-year-old, a 15-year-old in hot ... read more

Wow, I can hardly believe another month has gone by! I spent the 4th of July with some friends, playing music and watching fire works. It was a really wonderful break after returning from our first survey in Idaho. Since then, I have conducted two more week-long surveys. Our second survey was in and around the southwest area because my work partner Tim injured his spine and had to be within a 45 minute-or-less drive from the local hospital. We were fairly unsuccessful with finding bats during that week. We ended up spending night after night bored out of our minds because the silly bats wouldn't fly. It turns out that the temperature on two of those nights went all the way down to 0 degrees. Although bats can fly and be active in the cold, ... read more

As the women lay in bed, the men got up and went to work. It was now Leannes US birthday and she was seeing how far she could stretch this. Today we were heading back into the park to the very remote shores of Bowman Lake to camp and kayak. So Joe and Matt carefully loaded the 4 sea kayaks onto the roof of the truck and with 4 strong coffees in hand we headed along the long and very bumpy, dusty road to Bowman Lake. We made several stops along the way to check that neither the truck roof or the kayaks had decided to leave us. An extra stop was added in at Polebridge, a town of 2 buildings, a pub and a general store with the most amazing bakery. To keep tradition alive ... read more