Kerri and I have driven past these lakes the past few days and wondered about getting out on them with the kayaks. I even saw others on there with canoes, so I knew it was ‘kayak-able’. It was not until it was recommended to us by another full-timer. A quick...
Over the weekend we tried to visit Lake Louise, both to kayak and to simply see this extremely picturesque lake. Unfortunately, we were not alone in thinking such thoughts. We spent over an hour trying to find a place to park to no avail. I ended up parking the truck...
Unknown to me prior to arriving at the entry gate, we would drive directly through Kootenay National Park to get over the Continental Divide to Banff National Park. Also a bit of a fright was the price-tag to get into these Canadian National Parks. It ended up being cheaper to...
Finally, after months of (not) planning the true trip to Alaska has begun. The three of us, all in Airstream trailers, met at the Whitefish Moose Lodge to finalize things before making the border crossing. Those last minute tasks ranged from new sets of tires, oil changes, home made mud...
Before leaving the Whitefish/Glacier area, we stopped in to the Glacier Distillery (recommended by all that have been here) for a sampling. There was no plan to buy any liquor as we still had to deal with Canada’s hate of anything fun (including the import of alcohol) but after sampling...
That’s it. Today is the big day to drive the 60 miles North to the border and into Canada. I believe all the paperwork is in order to bring in shotgun and rifle, but it seems the more worrisome contraband is chicken. Poultry, including eggs, seem to be heavily regulated...
I could give the story about why this reservoir exists (because humans built a Dam) and why the Dam exists (because we as humans are too stupid and build cities in flood plains) but I’m not going too. Instead, I will give you a link or two for anyone who...
Being parked only minutes outside of Glacier National Park means we had to pop in, at least for a day, before crossing into Canada this weekend. For Kerri and me it was all about checking Lake McDonald off our ‘kayaked’ list. We just couldn’t pass by a good reason to...
Ever since we began heading North, and Whitefish was on our planned route, I have been talking to Kerri about kayaking the Whitefish River that cuts through the middle of town. Kerri, who knows more than I do on the subject, kept telling me that our kayaks are not river...
Not far outside of Missoula is an old ghost town which came to our attention thanks to an article a few months back regarding work-camping the ghost town during the winters. What an adventure that would be, huh? Not that we planned to stay in Montana over the winter, but...
