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Note 89 – Montana Adventure – Geysers, Hot Springs, Mud Pots, and Fumaroles – Oh My!
Disclaimer: I’m sticking with my “Montana Adventure” theme even though 96% of Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming! After breakfast in town (West Yellowstone) at the Running Bear Pancake House, we joined the 4-lane line to enter through the park’s west entrance. By the last day, we figured out the rightmost lane was fastest for…
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Note 88 – Montana Adventure – Independence Day
Travel from Columbia Falls to West Yellowstone July 4th was a travel day. We had a final breakfast at our great VRBO house in Columbia Falls, did all the tasks on the check-out list, loaded up, and headed south to West Yellowstone. As you can see from the routing map – we (Dave) had another…
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Note 86 – Montana Adventure – GNP – Going-to-the-Sun Road
Disclaimer: I think I got most of the geographic features and locations labeled correctly in all of today’s pictures. Today’s adventure is back into Glacier National Park on a half-day tour with Sun Tours on Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTTSR) which crosses the park. During peak season you must have a vehicle reservation or book a tour…
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Note 85 – Montana Adventure – Whitefish
Today we decided to drive 10-15 minutes northwest to the town of Whitefish, Montana. With a population estimated to be approaching 10,000, it is almost twice the size of Columbia Falls. But, first, Chef Keith prepared our breakfast – scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon – cooked on this fabulous griddle outside, so it didn’t stink…
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Note 84 – Montana Adventure – GNP – Lake McDonald
Glacier National Park (GNP) is known as “The Crown of the Continent”. Its northern boundary is the border between the United States and Canada, where it adjoins Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park forming the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Created in 1910, GNP is over 1 million acres (1583 square miles) and contained a recorded 126…
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Note 83 – Montana Adventure – Travel to Columbia Falls
Our travels to Columbia Falls were mostly uneventful. Both couples flew into Billings. Billings is the largest town in Montana with a population around 120,000 and just under 200,000 in the “metro” area. The entire state of Montana, the fourth largest by area, only has about 1.2 million residents. Montana’s capital, Helena, has a population…
Notes By Nancy 