Wednesday, February 27, 2008
From the lost trail website: The beauty and uncrowded slopes of the Rocky Mountain’s hidden jewel. … family skiing from the top of the Continental Divide. … unbelievable powder … … an excellent family facility that has been helping folks enjoy themselves for over 60 years
The Museum of the Rockies was founded by Dr. Caronline McGill in 1957 and renowned paleontologist Jack Horner is the curator of paleontology at the museum. Known for its paleontological collections, the Museum contains the largest collection of dinosaur remains in the country, the largest Tyrannosaurus skull ever found and a Tyrannosaurus thigh bone containing [...]
Monday, September 3, 2007
We got a late start today and then I drove us all around looking for a small, out of the way fishing spot on the Bitterroot River but we never found it. We decided to go back to the public fishing access at the Florence Bridge which is close to our house but its usually [...]
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Just north of Victor on the east side of highway 93 you will find signs for Glen Lake. It is a nice drive up to 6800 feet (from 3400) with views overlooking Victor and Stevensville, if it weren’t so smoky we would have had views of the Sapphire Mountains as well. On the way up [...]
Yesterday we took a trip into town to see the Missoula Osprey take on the Great Falls White Sox. The Missoula Osprey are the Pioneer League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Osprey are also the 2006 Pioneer League champions. Ollie the Osprey is the Missoula Osprey mascot (see picture right). The Pioneer League is [...]
Southwest of Hamilton, Lake Como is a large irrigation reservoir that lies at an altitude of 4,500 in Rock Creek canyon which was the main trail of Idaho’s Selway country in the late 1880′s. There is a south-shore pack trail following this original route, and a north-shore foot trail join 1/2 mile below the Selway-Bitterroot [...]
The streets of Stevensville were packed yesterday when the Budweiser Clydesdales visited from their home in Southern California. Budweiser has 6 teams of Clydesdale Horses; Menifee CA, St Louis Missouri, Merrimack New Hampshire, along with the three SeaWorld locations.
With fires to the north, south, east, and west the views have changed. We found a small layer of ash on things left outside, and if we leave the windows at night ash forms on the window sill.
He has some of the best seats in the house. Some more views from the Bull Mountains here.