so for this inaugural winter adventure week, we decided to be proper. here's how the trip will unfold: seattle, wa->coeur d'alene, id->gardiner, mt [yellowstone np]->bozeman, mt->helena, mt->seattle, wa
so hop aboard the inaugural winter adventure week train and enjoy the ride!
we've always wanted to check out coeur d'alene, id, so we were happy to see that is was a nice five hour drive from seattle. although coeur d'alene is more of a summer-lake town, we thought it would provide something interesting for us... little did we know they had a huge mardi gras celebration!
andrea with the mardi gras band in coeur d'alene, idone of three acts. the other acts included a horse & carriage
and jugglers. we found a good huckleberry brew at
coeur d'alene brewing. after the parade, us and the other ten
folks went back to our respective hotels and called it a night.
if there is a buffalo in town, i want my photo with it!if there is a buffalo in your town, please let me know!
on the way to gardiner, mt we saw signs for historic wallace. being the inaguaral winter adventure week, we thought it right to stop. although i'm sure a lot of folks call wallace their home, there wasn't much to this old mining town except some cool old buildings.
i present to you, 'the ryan hotel.'
i wish i had picked up my copy of 'the wallace miner.' it'sprobably as interesting of a read as the put-in-bay gazette.
many of the things we find while traveling are derived from the navigator giving the drive an option. here's how this played out:
andrea: [looking at our war torn and tattered rand mcnally] so do you want to go down to livingston [mt] to get to gardiner, or would you rather take exit 316?
brooke: what is exit 316?
andrea: it looks like it cuts a corner, and has the potential of being a cool road.
brooke: how long is it?
andrea: like 32 miles.
brooke: will it save us time?
andrea: maybe.
[we both see the exit sign].
brooke: trail creek road.
andrea: trail creek road? we gotta take it!
brooke: i know!
andrea: there's just one thing...
brooke: what?
andrea: it's gravel.
trail creek road.
one day...one day, we'll live on trail creek road.although we had to stop and ask a farmer how to get back to the main road, trail creek road was well worth it.
once we found the main road the sun started to set. a pull out later we were taking photos.
once we found the main road the sun started to set. a pull out later we were taking photos.
nothing beats evening sun for photo lighting.
i think this is included in a song. purple mountain majesty?!
although i believe that cincinnati has the most beautifulsunsets, this is a close second.
[ps: cincinnatians, don't take it for granted.
look up into the even sky once in a while.]
all the way to gardiner we saw wild life. but the majority of them were antelopes.
these are our evening antelopes.we arrived in gardiner around 8pm. blurried eyed and tired, we thought it would be nice to refresh ourselves with a nice fresh, crisp two mile walk through the town of gardiner and to the original entrance to yellowstone national park.
stay tuned...
stay tuned...
5 comments:
brooke,
those nature pics are amazing. my wife and i went to montana last summer (went up to glacier, passed through livingston) and it was gorgeous. we went to alaska on our honeymoon, i'm not sure which state i liked better. the montana sky and the alaskan mountains are phenomenal.
-ian
thanks ian. you should know that my wife takes a lot of our photos.
the montana sky and the alaskan mountains are phenomenal. this is very true...i don't think you can talk of grandeur until you see denali.
and on the expansiveness of 'big sky' country...i'm not sure how they do it. i know physics and you can only see roughly 23 miles on a flat surface until the horizon gobbles up the earth. but, I guess physics don't mean a thing in montana!
where are you guys off to next? ever been to crate lake?
amen on denali. we spent a week there, but we didnt get to see the mountain. i saw a small portion of the right hand side, but we didnt see all of it.
we have plans to go to acadia this summer. however, since she is pregnant, we are thinking about going to hocking hills or somewhere closer in case there is an emergency or something. we are talking to our doctor, hopefully he will say acadia is ok. maine>ohio i have never been to crater lake. i want to hit up rainer one day, have you guys climbed to the top of it?
i still remember seeing denali. wow! it’s one of those things where you think you know how it’s going to look, but when you see it…it just blows you away!
acadia…awesome! we’ve never been there, but have always wanted to go. let me know if you guys go; we know of some cool little stops between ohio and there. [for example] grab sunday brunch at the griswald inn in essex, ct. it'll be the best breakfast you'll have in your life!
we haven’t climb it…yet! it’s a pretty easy mountain to climb. i’m still trying to get into a little better shape. andrea has be lightly thinking of it through ‘summit for someone.’
I would like to thank the two of you for providing me with a never ending supply of amazing computer desktop photos. Currently it's the "purple mountain majesty" one.
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