Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Review: CleverMade Collapsible Cooler

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We traveled to Montana this time without a cooler, since most of our luggage space was taken up by camping equipment. We knew that after we...
Monday, August 30, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park - Tips and Tricks

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Make sure you get your park entry permit before booking flights. I didn't find out about the entry permits until much too late, but you ...
Friday, August 27, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: July 5th - Ross Creek Scenic Area and Epilogue

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 To my surprise, it didn't take all that long to pack in the morning. All the camping equipment had already been stowed, and it was jus...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: July 4th - Cabinet Mountains and Big Sky Water Park

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 All through our trip the guidebook would mention huckleberry bushes along one route or another, but we never saw any huckleberries whatsoe...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Glacier National Park 2021: July 3rd - Bowman and Kintla Lakes

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 Nearly every guidebook said that Bowman Lake was the prettiest lake in the National Park, but it was difficult to get to. In fact, Google M...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: July 2nd - Whitewater rafting the flathead middle fork river

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 We headed out to the Great Northern Rafting Resort, which ran multiple whitewater rafting trips. On the way there, Bowen kept telling Boen...
Monday, August 23, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: July 1 - Noname Lake to Two Medicine Boat Launch

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 The kids woke up in the morning declaring that I had snored like a bear the night before. "Well, that's why I have a CPAP machine...
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Friday, August 20, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: June 30th - Upper Two Medicine to Noname Lake

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 I slept on and off throughout the night, finally awakening just in time to see alpenglow off the surrounding mountains. I got out of bed, p...
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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Review: Big Agnes Fly Creek UL1

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 After I killed my Stephenson Warmlite last year , I was forced to look into a tent that could replace it, or at the very least allow the e...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: June 29th - Two Medicine Lake to Upper Two Medicine

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 All the cajoling in the world could not get my family ready to leave the resort until 8:30am. From there, it was a 2 hour drive along the p...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: June 28th - Avalanche Lake

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  I woke up at 4:55am, searched in vain for my National Park Pass, gave up, and drove down to the Park Entrance, arriving there at 5:55am, b...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Review: Premonition

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 In the opening to Premonition , Michael Lewis claims that he wrote the book intending to find malfeasance behind Trump, but discovered that...
Saturday, August 14, 2021

Montana/Glacier National Park 2021 Index Page

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 With both adults vaccinated, in late June 2021 we finally felt safe enough to travel. We didn't think the kids could keep their masks o...
Friday, August 13, 2021

2021 Glacier National Park: June 27th - Going to the Sun Road and Hidden Lake Overlook

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 After doing laundry in the morning, I got back in time to pick up the kids and then drive to the rendezvous location to pick up Arturo. Bot...