Mammoth Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: August 14-16

Our Campsite at Mammoth Springs Campground.

The Elk would come visit the campground in the mornings

The view from our campsite!

Mammoth Springs Terraces

Wonderful hospitality from John and Malou in Pray, Montana!

Met John & Malou in Emigrant, Montana while listening to a local band in a BBQ joint.  They were excited to met some New Hampshire folk since John went to school at Phillips Exeter Academy and Malou went to College in Vermont.  They asked us where we were spending the night and we said at the free parking spot across the street at the General Store, and they said that was unacceptable and we should come to their house.  We ended up spending the weekend at their house and they even gave us the key to their car!  Wonderful hospitality! We really enjoyed our stay- thank you so much John & Malou!!

This was our parking spot at their house for the weekend!

A family of deer would frequent their property.

They drove us upriver about 6 miles where Ken and I floated back to their home.

The second day I went kayaking with Malou- a storm blew in while we were out on the Yellowstone River and some major winds started blowing against us, I would guess about 40 mph wind gusts which really kept us from flowing even with a 5-6 mph river current.  We paddled to the Loch Leven outlet where John was already waiting to rescue us!  Malou was a trooper- we had a blast in the crazy Montana weather !

Glacier National Park, Montana- August 6-9

Hiked the Trail of the Cedars Nature Trail- over to Avalanche Creek Trail. (8/6/17)

 Gorgeous trail!

 This is where Avalanche Creek Trail ends up- at Avalanche Lake looking across to 4 cascading waterfalls.

 We hiked to the other side of the lake with a view of the mountains on the side we came from.

Altogether about a 6 mile hike!

August 8th

We got up early to try to beat the crowds, and it still took us 3 hours to get the shuttle up to Logan Pass- 1.5 hours just waiting in line for the shuttle! So either get to the shuttle by 6:30am or don't come to the park in August!

But it was totally worth the wait!  We hiked the Hidden Lake Trail which was about 3 miles roundtrip.  This Marmot was looking up at Ken while he was sitting on this rock!

Bighorn sheep

I love how I was able to get cliffs, snow and wildflowers in one shot.

A Mountain Goat enjoying the view.

Sir Frogbert was thrilled to make it to the top!

Squirrels look different up here

 And this was the highlight of my day: 2 different Mountain Goats walked right by us- how majestic they are.

Welcome to Montana: 8/2/17- 8/5/17

 Kootenai Falls 8/3/17- Happy 26th anniversary to us!

 Our free campsite on Stillwater Lake- beautiful lake to kayak on, it felt very remote. (8/5)

We spent a couple of afternoons at Rexford Bench.  A Montana guy named Dean had rented a jetski for the day for his family and offered for us to take it out for a spin!  Thanks Dean! (8/4)

Washington, 7/31/17

Esther Bricques Winery, Oroville, Washington- our Harvest Host on July 31st

 Herd of sheep off the side of the road