Huckleberry, oh huckleberry, you delicious, juicy treat, A fruit by any other name is nary quite as sweet. How did I go 28 years without you in my life? It’s my own damn fault for not visiting Montana sooner, where your burgeoning bushes thrive. Fudge and ice cream sandwiches and melt-in-your-mouth huck pie, Lollipops, marinade [...]
Photo Friday: Flathead Lake, Montana
July 22, 2011 By 27 Comments
Prior to heading into a rain-besotted Glacier National Park, we camped out near Bigfork for two nights. The town is situated on Flathead Lake, though with all the fog resting heavily over the area, we had not actually seen signs of a body of water…until one brief hour-long respite when we capitalized on rays of [...]
A Walk in the Treetops
July 19, 2011 By 31 Comments
When I was working on the Montana portion of my Redbook road trips story this spring, I read all about Whitefish Mountain Resort and its “one-of-a-kind” canopy walk. I had no idea what this meant. So what better way to find out than experience it for ourselves? (There’s a huge mountain that towers over the [...]
When It Rains…Go Rafting!
July 17, 2011 By 21 Comments
From Philipsburg, we headed to Missoula, a town I couldn’t get enough of but somehow didn’t photograph in the slightest. (Here’s my biggest Missoula tip: Eat a burger at Missoula Club. And while you’re there, have some fries and a root beer float, as well. Hey, you only live once—you won’t be sorry!) Then, we [...]
Photo Friday: Philipsburg, Montana
July 15, 2011 By 23 Comments
Our route through Montana changed entirely once we encountered the flooding in the eastern part of the state, then wound our way through Yellowstone, down to Jackson and back up to Montana via Idaho only for the rain to follow our every twist and turn. Big Sky was out, Bozeman was too far to backtrack, [...]
Photo Friday: Ennis, Montana
July 8, 2011 By 26 Comments
Our plans to go to Big Sky from Jackson fell through—the fact that it was shoulder season and there wasn’t a whole lot open paired with, shocker, the rain paired with the route that we’d have to take back through Yellowstone again—so we decided to take the quickest route from Wyoming back up to Montana. [...]
After Four Years, My AAA Finally Came in Handy
June 15, 2011 By 41 Comments
After our initial four days in South Dakota, during which the rain did not abate, we got tired of waiting. It had started to dry up in Montana and I-90 westbound had reopened—the only heavy spot on the radar was, no surprise, right where we were located—so we packed up the trailer in Rapid City [...]
