Purple Rain on the Plains with a Twang
Day two of driving, but only 160 miles from Wolf Point, Montana to Medora, North Dakota. We left early so that we might get a good campsite at Theodore Roosevelt National Park,… Read More
Mosquito Park
Today was a big driving day for us with more than 400 miles covered across northern Montana. Pretty much a straight shot – flat, with small towns every 30 miles where we… Read More
Snow Dogs, Mountain Goats & Fire on the Fourth
Happy Independence Day! The loud flapping sound outside of our coach told us two things. First, that it was windy. Very windy in fact, such that I had to roll up our… Read More
Why the Bear Crossed the Road
After a breakfast of pancakes, we drove up to Many Glacier for a day of hiking. Our “next door neighbor” at the KOA campground, a parole officer from Illinois, showed us pictures… Read More
Two Medicine Lake & Bear “Sightings”
Since we were unable to complete our attempt at crossing the park via the “Going-to-the-Sun Road” from the west, we were anxious to try it again from the east. Unfortunately the road… Read More
West Glacier to St. Mary
Today was moving day – from Fish Creek on the west side of Glacier NP to St. Mary – Glacier Park KOA on the east side. Easy drive. Ninety nine point six… Read More
Night Falls in Glacier NP
Honestly, this should have been a day unworthy of a picture or a post. At least that’s true for the first 95 percent of it. We slept in … again, and stayed… Read More
The Drive to Kintla Lake
The rain continued through the night and kept the coach downright cold. After our experience in Collier – where the heat pump auto-switched over to the not-yet-broken-in furnace and filled our trailer with smoke, setting off… Read More
Journey into the Wild
It was a short drive from Alberton to the Fish Creek Campground near West Glacier Village where we were scheduled to dry camp over the next three days. So we slept in… Read More
The Long Drive
Today was a travel day. A long one. Five hundred fifty two miles to be exact, and that doesn’t include the miscellaneous turn-arounds we had to do through some construction zones and… Read More