Trip To Yellowstone

On the way to Yellowstone we spotted a family of moose down by a creek. There was a this big male and a female with a calf.
My data coverage here is very slow so I will send the other pictures later.

I think it is mating season

Mama is upset time to leave.

And here is the calf.

Now it is Monday morning and we are headed for Yellowstone. We had some big mountains to go over and it took awhile at 30 mph going up and 25 going down the other side. The mountain pass was a 7% grade and the sign's state if you are over 12,000 GVWC and we are 19,000 lbs you must go down at 25 mph. The scenery was awesome all the way to Yellowstone. I have added some pictures of our drive. We will star sight seeing tomorrow. Time for bed see you later.

Trip To Walmart

We packed up Sunday morning and left Glacier around noon, headed for the Walmart in Butte Montana. We traveled mostly back roads and it was slow going through the mountains. We arrived at Walmart about six o'clock. We were tired and did not feel like making dinner so we got a Subway sandwich from the store in Walmart. Lynn spotted a Dollar store next door and off she went. Not much to tell we watched TV until 9:30 and went to bed. About 1:30 we were awakened by the parking lot sweeper truck. We were up about 7am and on the road. I did not think you needed to see pictures of Walmart. See Ya

Lazy Days at Camp Kayaking and Biking

Friday and Saturday we spent around camp and off the road. We did a little Kayaking and Biking. Lynn packed a lunch and we went out on the lake and washed my fishing lures by dragging them around the lake, no fish. It was getting warm in the sun out on the lake so we came back into camp after about three hours of paddling and washing lures.

This is my paddler.

Little Rainbow

The mountains at lake Mc Donnald

We decided to go for a bike ride into Apgar Village. They have a nice hiking biking trail that goes into the village. Lynn checked out the little stores and bought a birthday gift for someone and we road back to camp. We had an early dinner because I wanted to give those trout one more chance to have the privilege of being caught. We headed for the river and Lynn stayed up on the bridge at her bear watch post. Well they lucked out and I was able to catch about ten Rainbows in an hour. They were small, about ten to twelve inches. I caught them all on dry fly's which was allot of fun. So now I am going to give the trout in the Madison river a chance on Monday when we arrive in Yellowstone. We have picked a campground right on the river called Bakers Hole near west Yellowstone. Until next time tight lines and safe travels. Please take a moment to remember those lost on 9/11/2001

Going to the Sun Road

Cool tunnel

This is where we are headed Logan's Pass

This is one of the waterfalls

Here we are stopped at a construction backup

The forest fire in Missoula is smoking up the valleys

This is Jackson Glacier

A pretty little waterfall

Today Thursday we took the Going To The Sun Road fifty miles across the top of the mountain. This is an awesome drive and a little scary. At the top you are about 10,000 feet in elevation (I thought you needed wings to go this high) and you are right in the middle of these huge mountains. Their are many places with no guard rails and it drops thousands of feet. Their was allot of road construction and it took us 3 1/2 hours to go fifty miles, so we came back the long way but it was faster. Total trip was about seven hours. Tomorrow is a rest day of kayaking and fly fishing the lake across the street. We walked over there this evening and watched a young fellow catching rainbow trout on his fly road, who'd of thought the fish where that close? I took a hundred pictures today, so here are a few to give you an idea of the drive. In 1850 their were 150 Glaciers here in the park, now their are only 26 and they will be gone by 2030. I guess global warming is having an effect? Come see them quick before they are gone. Pray for fish. See ya

Laundry and Bears

Wednesday we needed to do laundry again so we went into West Glacier and found a coin laundry. While Lynn hung out at the laundry I visited the local fly shop for some advise. I bought the hot fly's they recommended and headed back to get Lynn. We returned to the rig and had some lunch then decided to try some fly fishing and site seeing. Checking the map I found a bridge crossing the Flathead River about ten miles into the park. hen we arrived their were two people watching something with binoculars, they said it was a big black bear down on the river right were I wanted to fish.

The bear was gone and we never seen it so I went to the other end of the bridge to see if there was a way down to the river. When I turned to come back I noticed a big black bear about 30 yards behind Lynn who looking at the river and was not aware of the bear. I yelled honey get in the car. When she turned around she was a little surprised to see the bear so close, I yelled don't run. She stood there looking at the bear and the bear looking back at her. The bear continued across the road a disappeared in the brush.

I fished this beautiful hole and never had a bite. I tried every fly I had.

I am a little far away to here Lynn yell bear, bear.

We are having a great time.

I told her I found a way to get down to the river to fish and she said are you crazy that was a big bear. I said I know but he is gone now and you can be my bear watch. Just let me know if he comes back. About an hour later I am fishing and she sees the bear again on the other side of the bridge in the river. She yelled at me but of course I never heard her. Just then some other cars stopped and the bear went back in the brush. So I caught no fish and did not get to use my bear spray (oh that was back in the motor home shi;;;) oh well I did not need it. Hear are some pictures of the area I was fishing. Sorry no bear pictures Lynn had the camera.

Tight lines and safe travels.

Swan Lake Campground

Our campsite at Swan Lake

Kayaking on Swan Lake

Can't find the boat launch.

We are headed for Glacier NP and along the way we stopped Saturday night at a Walmart in Billings Montana for the night. People are right when they say it is more expensive to stay for free at a WM because you end up shopping all night. We had a good nights sleep until about five am when the parking lot sweeper came to clean the lot, that thing sounds like a tornado going by.

The next two nights we stayed at a National Forest campground on Swan Lake $7.50 a night with the Old Geezer Pass. We had heard that Glacier was full up so we waited until Tuesday to come up.

We passed historic sites including the battle of Little Bighorn.

Anyway Swan Lake and Swan river are beautiful and we had a great time Kayaking and fishing. Sunday morning I was sitting on the couch when I heard the neighbors Rottweiler barking wildly, so I looked out the window just in time to see a big black bear run across the road and along side our motorhome, boy that will wake you up.

We took the Kayak out on the lake and motored around and paddled a little, (note to self) make sure you know where you launch the boat so you can come back without paddling all around the lake in the dark.

Swan River. It is a six hour float to the lake.

Here fishy fishy.

Monday we went down the road with the car and spotted a charity Huckleberry pancake breakfast. Sooo we had to stop. This was a cool little cafe, it had two resident Golden Retrievers and they would go along and visit all the patrons laying their heads in your lap hoping to get a treat. If the owner caught them they got in big trouble. I ask a local where I  could fly fish and he sent me about five miles down the road to a place called Blair Flats. We packed our lunch and went down for the afternoon. The river was beautiful and their were quite a few fisherman floating the river, but no one including me was catching any fish.

McDonnald Lake across from our campsite in Glacier.

So now it is Tuesday and we arrived at Glacier about 10 am and had our pick of camp sites $10.00 with the old geezer pass. We plan to stay here about a week and then head for Yellowstone. We will keep you up dated we do have cell service here in the campground. We will be taking the Going to the Sun Road on Thursday so stay tuned for some great pictures.

You guy's do know you can send comments on the blog. Hope to here from you. Until next time.

Headed for Glacier National Park

Well the Rally is over and we are heading for Glacier NP today. The Rally finished with a dance Thursday night and a breakfast Friday morning. We plan on a two day trip to get to Glacier from here and plan to stay in a Walmart tonight. We  needed to stay over an extra night in order to get the Motorhome weighed. Yesterday was a repair and cleanup day for the rig. Lynn cleaned all the screens and we replaced a leaky black tank valve, that was rather unpleasant. I was wishing Betty was here because she has experience with stinky backup. The wind last night must have been fifty MPH it shook the motorhome like the jolly green giant wanted us out of bed. We heard a crash and new the satellite dish had just blown over, and it was weighted down. Their are still allot of folks in the camp ground, I think they are afraid all the campsites will be taken on the Labor Day weekend.

Please keep in mind that their is limited cell coverage in Glacier and no Wi-Fi so we may be off the grid for a couple weeks. We will go from Glacier to Yellowstone depending on weather, if it turns cold and snowy we will head south. We turned the furnace on for the first time this morning, it was 49 degrees inside when we woke up. Today the highs will be in the sixties.

I have added a couple more pictures from our travels. I plan to be trout fishing by Monday Yea.

Mount Rushmore

Sylvan Lake near Needles

Two happy campers

This is part of the road at Needles.
You can see the tunnel in the distance.

Tight lines and safe travels.