Over the weekend we tried to visit Lake Louise, both to kayak and to simply see this extremely picturesque lake. Unfortunately, we were not alone in thinking such thoughts. We spent over an hour trying to find a place to park to no avail. I ended up parking the truck...
Unknown to me prior to arriving at the entry gate, we would drive directly through Kootenay National Park to get over the Continental Divide to Banff National Park. Also a bit of a fright was the price-tag to get into these Canadian National Parks. It ended up being cheaper to...
Finally, after months of (not) planning the true trip to Alaska has begun. The three of us, all in Airstream trailers, met at the Whitefish Moose Lodge to finalize things before making the border crossing. Those last minute tasks ranged from new sets of tires, oil changes, home made mud...
Before leaving the Whitefish/Glacier area, we stopped in to the Glacier Distillery (recommended by all that have been here) for a sampling. There was no plan to buy any liquor as we still had to deal with Canada’s hate of anything fun (including the import of alcohol) but after sampling...
I could give the story about why this reservoir exists (because humans built a Dam) and why the Dam exists (because we as humans are too stupid and build cities in flood plains) but I’m not going too. Instead, I will give you a link or two for anyone who...
Being parked only minutes outside of Glacier National Park means we had to pop in, at least for a day, before crossing into Canada this weekend. For Kerri and me it was all about checking Lake McDonald off our ‘kayaked’ list. We just couldn’t pass by a good reason to...
Ever since we began heading North, and Whitefish was on our planned route, I have been talking to Kerri about kayaking the Whitefish River that cuts through the middle of town. Kerri, who knows more than I do on the subject, kept telling me that our kayaks are not river...
Not far outside of Missoula is an old ghost town which came to our attention thanks to an article a few months back regarding work-camping the ghost town during the winters. What an adventure that would be, huh? Not that we planned to stay in Montana over the winter, but...
Kerri and I are playing the Chimani game; checking off all the National Parks as we visit them. Even though she has a few more under her belt than I do, I am happy to re-visit places I have been and she has not just so she can get that...
On our last day in the area, Moose and I got out for a much needed hike. Just up the road (about 16 miles) into the National Forest is the Passage Creek trailhead, which leads out to Passage Creek Falls. Moose and I started the hike about noon. Knowing of...
