Kootenai Falls on the Kootenai River, adjacent to U.S. Highway 2 between Libby and Troy, is a scenic attraction not to be missed. The calm river suddenly gathers momentum surging first through China Rapids and then over Kootenai Falls, dropping 90 feet in less than a mile. The main falls...
First things first… Tim and Imelda are OK (and I am 1000 miles away). So far, no water has intruded into their lives any more than getting a few days off work and school. I spent much of the evening talking with them on Skype, going over plans of what...
I decided to be lazy today and after my early workload was completed, I took off on the bike to hang out at the public beach for the afternoon. Very hot in the sun, very cold in the water. I read my new book (Lone Survivor) a little bit while...
I kept hearing about how the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park is where the best hiking is, and I have no doubt of that. It also happens to be where most of the glaciers are, of the ones that still exist. Visiting this area was the primary reason...
My mapping software showed only a circular road here. Google Maps shows that it is the Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area (map below). I found one reference to it online that it once was a military-only RV park turned commercial RV park. It is neither of those now, just...
Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was completed in 1932. The road, both a National Historic Landmark and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, spans 53 miles (85 km) across the width of the park. The road is...
I took the free shuttle to Logan Pass Visitor’s Center at the top of Glacier National Park. As I was studying the map trying to find something to do, a most amazing thing happened; Earlier in the day I had canceled on plans to go on a hike with Leigh...
Uncertain what to expect, I went ahead and started down the Avalanche Lake trail. Right at the start the trailhead map says it is 2 miles of uphill hiking… which turned me away initially, but the climb was not a big factor once I got started. The larger issue was...
My first hike within Glacier National Park would be the easy, popular, 3/4 of a mile Trail of the Cedars trail. The trail itself is either paved or a boardwalk making it wheelchair accessible. The simple stroll put me right in the thick of the dense cedar-hemlock forest following Avalanche...
