by Fran David | Sep 2, 2017 | Travel 2017
We left our friends’ ranch the afternoon after the eclipse and decided for family reasons to head directly home, but did not want to drive 8-10 hours to do so. So, we compromised. Our first night on the trip home we spent at Philips Lake at the Forest Union Creek...
by Fran David | Sep 2, 2017 | Travel 2017
We left Lake Mary Ronan and headed over the Bitterroots via Lolo Pass in the footsteps of Lewis and Clarke; hopefully without threat of fire or road closure. As it turned out, many folks were scared away by the fire and the previous 2-3 days of road closure, so...
by Fran David | Aug 29, 2017 | Travel 2017
Hanging around Glacier – August 11 to 15 On leaving Glacier Park proper, we then spent several days simply “hanging around” the area within 50 to 75 miles of the Park. Our first two nights out of The Park were spent in Logan State Park in MT. This is a beautiful...
by Fran David | Aug 21, 2017 | Travel 2017
Glacier National Park — August 8 to August 11 We arrived at Glacier National Park through the East Entrance and found our site in St. Mary’s Campground — nothing extremely remarkable, but comfortable. We disconnected the truck from the trailer for maximum...
by Fran David | Aug 21, 2017 | Travel 2017
Trip to Glacier National Park — Aug 1 to August 8 We left Mt. Rushmore and the surrounding Custer State Park and headed north to North Dakota. These seven days proved both trying and interesting. The same miscreant who labeled the road to Newcastle (see previous...
by Fran David | Aug 14, 2017 | Travel 2017
Custer State Park — July 28 to Aug 1 (Part 2) Before concluding our day around the park and at the Chief Crazy Horse Memorial, we took a trip to Mt. Rushmore to scope out the lay of the land. As we drove up, the four Presidents were obvious from many angles....
by Fran David | Aug 7, 2017 | Travel 2017
Custer State Park — July 29 to Aug 1 (Part 1) What a wonderful experience! After our hectic arrival day, we spent the next four days exploring Custer, Custer State Park, the Crazy Horse Memorial, and Mt Rushmore. We discovered that Nancy had left her computer...
by Fran David | Aug 6, 2017 | Travel 2017
July 28: Arrival at Custer State Park We made it! We reached our primary target: South Dakota, Custer State Park, and Mt. Rushmore. We had campground reservations, but weren’t expecting much, as it was a private campground – not a National or State Park. We generally...
by Fran David | Aug 2, 2017 | Travel 2017
Cody to Custer – July 26 to 28 We reluctantly left Cody and headed toward Newcastle, to stage our arrival in Custer. The drive from Cody to our campground took us to almost 10,000 feet in elevation as we chugged over and through the Big Horn Mountains. What a...
by Fran David | Aug 2, 2017 | Travel 2017
The Tetons – July 23 to 25 The trip from Massacre to the Tetons was stunning in every mile. While Yellowstone is certainly impressive, the Grand Tetons are awe inspiring. In our two days there as we arrived and departed, and as we traveled throughout the Park, we...
