Click on the link below for a slide show of some of the current pictures Tom and I have taken. This first photos are from Yellowstone and the photos of the moose are in our campground in the Grand Tetons. More photos to come !!!!
https://picasaweb.google.com/100518153875957627148/Yellowstone?authkey=Gv1sRgCNzC892atMmyyQE#slideshow/5656031266964118290
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Driving through Montana toward Yellowstone
Sunday - Monday Sept 18 and 19
Spent the day driving from Missoula, Montana to what we hoped would be Cody, Wyoming. Along the way we encountered a Prison Museum in Deere Lodge Montana.
Facts: the Old Montana Prison was built by inmate labor, this turn-of-the-century fortress was home to at least one member of Butch Cassidy's "Wild Bunch".
It was really creepy walking through the hallways and into the cells, but it was interesting all at the same time. The conditions were less than I could imagine living in. We went down to "The Hole" where they put prisoners in solitary confinement and that was little much for me being claustrophobic.
After we left Deere Lodge we traveled to Bozeman, Montana. Just outside of the town there, we almost missed it, was the Grizzly Encounter, as seen on NATGEO TV. We stopped there and saw Brutus the bear and Sheena. What magnificent creatures bears are. Just to be in there watching them was amazing.
The wind was whipping around us and Tom was getting tired so we stopped and fueled up. We spent our first night as Wal-Martians in a Wal-Mart parking lot along side a couple other rigs. It wasn't so bad until the guy who cleans the parking lot did a couple of laps around the motorhome with his sweeper at 3:30 in the morning. We ended up getting up around 4:30 am and heading to Cody.
Spent the day driving from Missoula, Montana to what we hoped would be Cody, Wyoming. Along the way we encountered a Prison Museum in Deere Lodge Montana.
Facts: the Old Montana Prison was built by inmate labor, this turn-of-the-century fortress was home to at least one member of Butch Cassidy's "Wild Bunch".
It was really creepy walking through the hallways and into the cells, but it was interesting all at the same time. The conditions were less than I could imagine living in. We went down to "The Hole" where they put prisoners in solitary confinement and that was little much for me being claustrophobic.
After we left Deere Lodge we traveled to Bozeman, Montana. Just outside of the town there, we almost missed it, was the Grizzly Encounter, as seen on NATGEO TV. We stopped there and saw Brutus the bear and Sheena. What magnificent creatures bears are. Just to be in there watching them was amazing.
The wind was whipping around us and Tom was getting tired so we stopped and fueled up. We spent our first night as Wal-Martians in a Wal-Mart parking lot along side a couple other rigs. It wasn't so bad until the guy who cleans the parking lot did a couple of laps around the motorhome with his sweeper at 3:30 in the morning. We ended up getting up around 4:30 am and heading to Cody.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Currently in Missoula
We are currently in Missoula Montana for a little rest and business. Travel day tomorrow to Yellowstone National Park. One of the first stops we plan to make on this adventure. Check back for updates. I will try to post daily or every other day on the blog to not get behind. Thanks for traveling along with us.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Our Big Fork Adventure Continued.....
The following day we headed out early to Glacier National Park for our day in the Park and our drive to on the Going to the Sun road. This drive was beautiful with lots of great picture opportunities.
The waterfalls looked and sounded fabulous, as we hiked a little closer to them one could feel the chill come from the water. It was truly a breath of fresh air because it was really warm up there in the park that day, close to 86 degrees. The glaciers were truly melting. We filled our water bottles with glacier water and drank it as fast as we could, ice cold and refreshing. There were some guys diving in the ice cold water and swimming around a bit. They couldn’t stay in long that’s for sure.
The waterfalls looked and sounded fabulous, as we hiked a little closer to them one could feel the chill come from the water. It was truly a breath of fresh air because it was really warm up there in the park that day, close to 86 degrees. The glaciers were truly melting. We filled our water bottles with glacier water and drank it as fast as we could, ice cold and refreshing. There were some guys diving in the ice cold water and swimming around a bit. They couldn’t stay in long that’s for sure.
Our Big Fork Adventure
We arrived in Big Fork on The Flathead River, to a beautiful place, I will call paradise. A new friend to us on this adventure has a house on the lake which has a motorhome pad. This is most defiantly paradise in Montana. We were greeted by the locals, Bambi and her mom.
We had dinner on the porch with a burning orange and red sunset. An eagle graced us with his presence and then glided away.
Some turkeys came to greet us too. They were very cute. All we did was shoot them with the camera. No turkey dinners here !!!
Friday, September 9, 2011
The New Beginning
The summer came to an end Idaho for us a little bittersweet if you ask me. We packed the truck with a lot less stuff then we had when we left Redondo Beach, that's for sure. After many ebay sales, craigslist listings, and yard sales we downsized even more. Now our stuff is in a safe place waiting for our return after our adventure. We now begin living the dream of traveling this country, meeting people, seeing what there is to see, learning about our history and ourselves.
The final month went faster than expected. I (Lorraine) had the single best summer I ever could have had with a terrific brother who I got to spend time with like I never have before. It's a summer I will cherish forever. It made the beginning of this trip the best way to start. We had great BBQ's on the weekends, spent mother's day, father's day and the 4th of July together. It was quite a summer. Thanks to them for the hospitality. I could not be happier right now.
My brother and his wife (above)
Here we are on the last weekend saying bye. Verlin (in the riding gear), Jan, Tom !! Chloe is the Brown dog and Hunter is the blonde dog.
More updates this weekend about our boat trips on the lake, our trip to Glacier National Park and our Zip Line Tour...coming soon!!!!
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