look closely
go to school kids, make sure you get a good education, its very important.
want to talk about your feelings?
Picture of elk on the property behind us, taken through the telescope.
(Continued)
7ft snowman says happy holidays
Sunday, November 23, 2008
This week on NFL Sunday Countdown Cris Carter stated that the Philadelphia Eagles could not get a better coach than Andy Reid.
TJ had a comment about Eagles fans and Chris Berman told Philly fans “don’t be stupid.”
This is one week after the NFL Sunday Countdown crew questioned the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff for their performance, which has been mediocre to say the best.
To the staff of NFL Sunday Countdown: don’t be stupid. If the Philly fans can execute better than their Eagles I hope they give the ESPN staff a nice warm welcome on Dec 15. If you don’t like being criticized for not executing your [multi] million dollar job responsibilities then take your dress and go somewhere else.
Since ’99 with Andy Reid the Philadelphia Eagles have gone 5-11, 11-5, 11-5, 12-4, 12-4, 13-3, 6-10, 10-6, 8-8, and now are 5-4-1.
Superbowl wins: 0
If this is the best the Eagles can do I feel sorry for all of you.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
My previous trip to Glacier didnt go past Avalanche Campground, this time we stayed for 3 days.
Outstanding views in this park
note; two panoramic pics are included with the photos / maps. These photos are too small in flickr and are misplaced on all maps, they should be located more towards the north east side of st mary’s lake.
flickr photos
flickr map
google map (with pictures)
google earth (with pictures)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
start: 7/11/2008
length: 5.3 miles (round trip)
time: 3:09 (round trip)
difficulty: easy
avg speed: 2.0 mph
elevation gain: from 3805ft to 5240ft gaining 1435ft
comments: easy hike, drank from stream.
photos; flickr
google maps (with photos)
google earth (.kmz file with photos)
gps (.gpx file)
start: 7/13/2008 at 1208am(?)
length: 3.7 miles (from trail head to fire lookout)
time: 3:34:24 (up) 1:10:38 (at the top) 1:43:33 (back)
difficulty: moderate / moderately difficult
avg speed: 1.o mph (up) 2.0 mph (down)
elevation gain: from 6783ft to 9368ft gaining 3585ft
directions: south of Stevensville to (either west on St Mary’s Rd or west on Indian Prairie Loop then North on St Mary’s Rd) then west on Lookout Trail
comments: this had me gasping a bit, stops became more frequent as the trail went on, the last leg of the hike seems to be a bit more strenuous than the rest of the trail.
photos; panoramio or flickr
google maps
google earth (.kmz file)
gps (.gpx file)
A trip to Evaro MT, just inside the Flathead Indian Reservation sits the Gray Wolf Peak Casino, outside of which are two rather large firework stands. This year we obtained the following;
From left to right;
- String O’ Pearls – six five break shells and six six break shells
- Quest – 12 ball shells and 6 artillery shells
- Fear No Evil – six five break shells
- Assorted sparklers, fountains, and tubes
- Graphic Images (top right) – 500 gram cake with 5 simultaneous 4 shot and 5 shot finale consisting of green palms, blue stars and silver brocade
We set off one ‘String O’ Pearls’ last night, the rest will be taken to a 4th of July party where it looks like this will be at most a third of the fireworks displayed.
Happy 4th of July.
While the entrance to the caverns were discovered in 1882 by two Whitehall men; Charles Brooke and Mexican John, the the Lewis and Clark caverns were discovered in 1892 by Tom Williams and Burt Pannell, two hunters. Tom Williams explored the caves 6 years later and then talked to a local investor named Dan Morrison about further developing the cavern for tours. Until 1908 the caverns were a successful tourist business, when the railroad laid claim to the land and gave it to the federal government and was consequently turned into a National Monument. In 1937 the state of Montana received its first state park as the federal government declared the Lewis and Clark Caverns a state park. Even though the name of the park is ‘Lewis and Clark Caverns’ it is believed that Lewis and Clark never visited the caverns, chances are they never knew they existed.
two shots while walking up the trail to the cavern;
The entrance to the caverns;
Our visit to Glacier National Park took us 16 miles in the West Glacier entrance to Avalanche Campground. With 50 camp sites the campground is definitely on the edge of the wild.
While there were no signs of bears the deer had no problem with the campers.
After camping at Avalanche Campground, we took a hike along Avalanche Creek, a rough yet spectacular clear blue creek runs along an ‘easy’ hike up towards Avalanche Lake. The hike is approximately 2 miles each way and a gain of 500ft in elevation.
Along the hike many surrounding mountains still had snow which was melting and causing runoff resulting in huge falls, this is a small one;
Upon reaching the lake we found crystal clear water surrounded by mountains.
Later that day, a little lunch at McDonald Lake;
