Getting to Glacier

Duellen inspired me to Blog this trip and I do know that I am not as clever with words but you are lucky that I wanted to share with you. Hee Hee ~~~~Mary Alice

Finally made it to Glacier on Sunday night our 10th day on the road. Later I will share the fun we had in Kansas. I have been to Fort Riley several times but Paulette really enjoyed the Cavalry Museum. We did a lot of side trips out around Manhatten before Nick arrived. We checked the internet several times a day for updates of his arrival and then finally got the call from the Read Detachment. After seeing him safely home and him just needing to relax after the worst 96 hours of his life, we pushed off.

We drove pretty hard that evening to Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. On the way we found a field of still green sunflowers. I am still intrigued with crops in different parts of the country. We slept in the Wal-Mart parking lot with several others. Scotts Bluff National Monument. That was our first hike. Passing on each side of the North Platte River were the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trails. We could see the ruts from the Oregon Trail. The folks on the trail would spread out but when they arrived to this point they had to make a single file, therefore leaving deep ruts which have lasted to the present.

From there we made it to one of our favorite places ~ The Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming. Our campground was full since it was a holiday and the beginning of bow season in the WY. so we found a new place. Early morning took us into the forest to Tie Flume hoping to see moose. BOW SEASON and the moose are not dumb. A visit with our friends at the visitors center was a must. Betty and Robert are there again this year and Betty is still reading stories to the children who come to the center. It hurt my heart to miss the Great Medicine Wheel but needed to move on and I would not have had enough time to have a proper quiet time there. The Pryor Mountain Range is the home of the Wild Horses. We actually saw one group of the wild mustangs and a few young Rocky Mountain sheep. Night came and we were staying just north of Yellowstone at Livingston, MT. One of our other former visits took us through the wheat and alfalfa fields that were spectacular. There is also a great bakery in the middle of the wheat field so you know we stopped. We arrived at the east end of the Going to the Sun Road at Glacier National Forest late afternoon. To our surprise they had a front blow in. It was cold and windy. The Baby Egg was toasty warm even without a heater. We were just so grateful to not be in a tent when the rain came.

Monday morning ~ Labor Day and all is not well on the homefront.

We were having a great time until I tried to find my purse this morning. Finally gave up and could not have a good time all day. Found it when I got back to the trailer. I had dropped it into the top of a compartment where we keep our dirty clothes ~ only thing is that Paulettes compartment is not like mine and it did not go to the dirty clothes ~ just stayed in safely hidden in the little compartment above. I was mostly concerned about a medal Nick earned in Iraq that he had given me for safe keeping. Such a dummy his mother is. I am okay now and back to having fun. Saw a grizzly sow and cub, big mountain goat and two big horn sheep today. It rained a little, snowed up high on the Going to the Sun Road, and the wind blew all day. We are not staying in the park but just outside in a KOA so we have internet and I have no phone service. We will do more hiking tomorrow with a happy heart and a hidden purse. We are loving our computers and downloading our photos. I think I am up over 600 so far. No I will not ask you to look at all of them. Nighty night from the 2 old broads in the Casita - stumbling down the trail.