Hiking the Highline Trail to Granite Park Chalet – Glacier NP

On Sunday, Sept 6, Matt and I hiked the Highline Trail of Glacier National Park to spend two nights at the Granite Park Chalet. We hit the trail at 2:30 on a cold, windy and rainy afternoon. It was not an auspicious start to the journey. We were definitely glad that we had decided […]

Yellowstone Aug 22 and 23, 2009

Had a non-typical weekend trip to the Park.

Because we didn’t decide to go until Friday afternoon, I wasn’t packed and got a late start leaving Missoula. Mom and I got to Gardiner where Dad, his sister and her two granddaughters, his aunt and his cousin had arrived earlier in the day. The late […]

Jeep ride up Olson Mountain

Dad, Bridger, Winter (standard poodle) and I took a ride in Dad’s 1964 Willy’s Jeep up to the top of Olson Mountain yesterday. A welcoming committee of Rocky Mountain bighorn rams greeted us at the top.

We were less pleased to see a plume of smoke rising to the north of us. […]

Bannack Days

On Saturday, I visited Bannack, Montana for Bannack Days in the company of my dad, uncle, son and cousin.

It’s always fun to see the period costumes and events. Dad spent hours visiting with a blacksmith while the rest of us walked around Bannack and took rides in horse drawn carriages.

I was a […]

For a Good Cause

For a Good Cause, originally uploaded by BigSkyKatie.

My cousin, Tim Ryan, Nashville song writer and recording artist, returns home to the Mission Valley each year, putting on a benefit golf tournament and Writer’s Night at the Mission Valley Country Club to raise money for the Mission Valley Scholarship Fund.

This year’s event was […]