Montana Thoughts

This past weekend we hauled the last load for our friends Jeff & Barb to Deer Lodge ending a few weekends of moving them from Helena to Deer Lodge. We slept a little later than I wanted to and I blamed it on getting old, but we made it out of Helena around 10am. We got to Deer Lodge and unloaded the truck and trailer for the last time. We are all thankful that the move is done. We stayed and chatted with Jeff, Barb, and Tony, Jeff's brother for awhile before heading back to Helena to drop the trailer off and then headed to Butte to see another friend Julie. Julie is a friend that we've known for about 9 years. Julie is a very interesting woman who is full of life and energy. She loves to Hitchhike the country at the spur of the moment. We always have a very hard time catching her in Butte. When we do catch her we usually go and see her. We met her at a small little house that she was painting for a friend and chatted for a while before heading to get something to eat....

Sunday morning we planned for breakfast with Michele's ex-husband Harry at Cislo's , a great little restaurant . We ended up talking after breakfast for about an hour before employing Harry to grab the cache we spotted yesterday. After logging and having Harry replace the cache we all went and looked for another before dropping Harry off at his house and getting on our way. We stopped by and visited Michele's daughter and grandson for a bit then we headed for Glacier. We were thinking that we would visit the lower area's of the park because we though that the "Going To The Sun Road" was closed for the season. At the Ranger Station we were informed that the road was open to Logan Pass and that made our day. We proceeded up the road stopping occasionally to grab a few pictures and enjoy the views. As we got closer to Logan Pass we could see a huge cloud covering the Visitor's Center. When we got the Top we were in a fog and a frost was covering the a...

Just now getting around to writing about last weekend. We were heading to Kalispell to see some friends, Michele's daughter, grandson and parents for Michele's mothers 65th birthday. Michele and I started off at 6am Saturday morning leaving Great Falls and heading to Kalispell. We topped off the gas and headed on our way. We decided we would grab a few Geocaches along the way and the first cache was in Valier, MT. Valier is a sleepy little town that we often stop at for a stretch and potty breaks but we were always in a hurry and did not stop to enjoy the town. This time we stopped and got the cache and some breakfast. Our next stop was East Glacier for another quick cache, where we got help looking for the cache from the town puppy. In between petting the dog we found the cache and then we are back on our way to Kalispell. Since we were driving RIGHT past The West Glacier Entrance you know we had to stop by and check on the Park. Well maybe not Check on it, but we can...

Well the weekend is upon us and I am going to enjoy it. I got Saturday off so Michele and I are heading to Kalispell to visit some friends and see her daughter and grandson. Michele's parents will also be in town celebrating Michele's mother's birthday. We will be leaving early (6am) Saturday so we can get some Geocaching in and still get to Kalispell before noon. We will see our friends and have dinner with Michele's family, and maybe see our friends after dinner. Sunday morning we will get some breakfast and head to Glacier. We haven't been to Glacier as much as we wanted this year so we always try to spend a little time there whenever we're in the area. Hopefully I will have some new pictures on my photography blog because I got a new digital camera so I will test it out this weekend

Well my friends it looks like old man winter is in the neighborhood. We had a nice Indian Summer for the last month with great temperatures but now the leavs are falling and the temperatures on dipping in the high 20's at night and the furnances are clicking on. I really don't mind the winters here. It's part of the reason I moved to Montana, along with many others. I enjoy walking in the snow as well as hiking Glacier in the snow. So we in Montana are preparing for winter.

Boats await fares on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park Albert's house above Marysville , Montana The Old Montana Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana Well it's been a busy few weeks for us . As some of you know we have been helping our friends move from Helena to Deer Lodge the last few weeks. Last weekend we did a little Geocaching in Deer Lodge after unloading the truck and trailer. After finding the treasure we headed to the local eatery called Scharf's for some great home cooking. After eating we headed to the Montana Bar for a drink at the local watering hole before heading back to Helena. We've got one more big load left and then it should be done. As we all know, moving is a big task and very stressful, so we are talking a break this weekend. Michele and I are heading to see our friend Albert who lives above Marysville , MT. We really enjoy the time we spend in Albert's company relaxing. The Drive out of Marysville to Albert's is awesome. I r...