Author: Megan Doup

Yesterday, we had the adventure of a lifetime. At the suggestion of my aunt Kim, we booked an overnight reservation at the Granite Park Chalet, which is basically a glorified hikers’ hostel in the middle of Glacier National Park. In order to get to the chalet, we hiked nearly 8 miles out via the Highline […]

Today’s big activity was hiking up to Grinnell Glacier in the Many Glacier region of Glacier National Park. Altogether the hike was about 12 miles round trip and about 2,000 feet elevation gain – so a really good workout. In addition to Grinnell Glacier, the hike had spectacular views of Swiftcurrent Lake, Lake Josephine, and […]

Today was mostly driving through wide open land with A LOT of fields – corn, wheat, sunflowers, soybeans – and a lot of prairie with nothing on it except maybe an occasional cow or fence to mark property boundaries. There are historical markers along the highway across Montana. We stopped at a few, but mostly […]

Today (Monday) was a mixture of driving and sightseeing, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit. The North Unit is less visited than the South Unit and, therefore, seems quieter and more secluded. The scenery was (nearly) as beautiful as its southern counterpart, but with the exception of some bison, we did not see […]

Today we left Downstream Campground and headed to Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit. (It’s quickly becoming more difficult to keep track of the day, since we’re out of our usual work schedules and daily routine. Phil and I often ask each other, “What day is it again?” I’m a creature of habit and live […]

Today we headed over to Fort Mandan Historic Site and the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center here in North Dakota, which presented a lot of well-designed, interactive exhibits and historical replicas with information about the Lewis & Clark expedition (particularly the winter from November 1804 into February 1805 spent here at Fort Mandan). One interesting […]

We finished packing up yesterday and hit the road. We were impressed with how efficiently we packed, and I feel fairly confident that we have *most* of what we’ll need for the next 5+ weeks minus the milk, bread, and whatnot that we’ll have to buy now and then. (Although admittedly, we had to stop […]