Blogs from Montana, United States, North America - page 77

Obfuscator writes: We enjoyed a typical continental breakfast at our motel in Rexburg, before departing for the north. Waffles are good. We had scoped out a couple of potential spots, using the motel's tourism material in the room. One site they mentioned was “The Civil Defense Caves.” The only directions we got from the material was that they were “several miles past the Sand Dunes,” which we had luckily found the day before, and that we should watch for the signs. Another was Cave Falls, in the southwest corner of Yellowstone, a part of the park available only from Idaho. We drove about 15 miles past the Sand Dunes without finding any signs to any caves. At that point we decided that if they were still around, they weren't this far out, and we turned around. ... read more

Time had come to get back on the Great Divide Trail and head south before the snow comes to the high passes! Left on a beautiful day. I love the Blackfoot River Valley. Then up to the Seeley-Swan Area before a great find a Coopers Lake. Awesome hidden gem at the south end of the Scapegoat Wilderness, I believe. Finally, a brief fuel stop in Lincoln, MT, made famous as the hideout of the uni-bomber. Then up to the top of the divide to an awesome fire tower and some unbelievable balds!!! Headed south on the trail with heavy winds coming from the West. Camped on some ranch land near a creek just north of Helena.... read more

Awoke in Choteau to the farmer diesel trucks going to the feed store and the diesel semis leaving the grain elevators that I camped next two. A nice RVer from Tucson, named Emory brought me over a black cup of coffee, which I of course drank even though I do not like coffee. We talked all about Tucson. He lives up by Gates Pass, where I spent four years racing mountain bikes in and around the mountains by Gates Pass. He said, I wouldn't like it today. 10,000 sq. ft trophy homes going up on the side of the mountain and it takes them 2 years to get the site work done with all the rocks etc. He said the homes truly are ridiculous today, but he has lived in his 2 bedroom home there with ... read more

Woke up very early today as we had a massive, massive drive. We had to drive to the hospital today and take Lucy to get her surgery. After hours on the phone, Jon finally worked out how we were going to do this. We were to drop Lucy off at a hotel nearby so she could get her operation done then rest afterwards. We’d then meet her in Chicago if she was well enough and she’d continue the tour with us. Soon after we packed the van we were on our way. We drove for almost 12 hours today before we finally arrived at the campsite. We had dropped Lucy off and stopped for lunch but besides that we’d been in the van all day long. We set up our tents and made dinner. Tonight we ... read more

Today we had a few hikes to do around the wonders of Glacier National Park. We got up early, ate breakfast and headed for Glacier National Park to hike. When we arrived there were plenty of people around ready to go hiking and there were also mountain goats roaming around. We started the hike but without Jon. Tour groups weren’t allowed in the National Park unless they were with an official tour guide, so for the duration of the hike we pretended we didn’t know Jon. The hike just went through a massive valley where glaciers once were a very long time ago. We were told to hike until we get to a lake which we did but we could only see it from a distance we were still very high. We took some photos and ... read more