Day 32-Road Trip. 2015

We got up and left Glendive in the morning. We drive into North Dakota and oit first stop was the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, N.D.

We spent about three to four hours driving to the different stops in the park...hiking around some and taking pictures.

Got some really good pics of several different herds of bison and finally after three trips out west...I got some pics of a rattlesnake! At least I didn't step on it...or it didn't get me first...lol! We also got several pics of some prairie dogs!

After doing the park and taking tons of pics....we headed down to Spearfish, South Dakota to the KOA there. We got a cabin for two nights. Tomorrow we will take a scenic drive through Spearfish Canyon and make our way into Deadwood. If we have time, we might visit Custer State Park and the Wind Cave National Park. We will have to see what we have time for.

My wife did our laundry while I worked on my pics. Thanks dear!

That's about it...it is now 11:25 and time for bed. Will post pics to my fb page when I have time and a good signal.

God bless you all, and thanks for reading...Mike!

Day 31 - Road Trip 2015

We packed up and left Kalispell at 9:30 am and drove all the way to Glendive, Montana.

We stopped in Hungry Horse and had breakfast..so we actually got a late start.  We left Hungry Horse around 11:15 or so! We got to our motel in Glendive around 10:45 pm.

Today was basically just a driving day. Tomorrow we will head into North Dakota to ride through the Teddy Roosevelt National Park, then maybe work our way down to Deadwood, South Dakota.

That's all for now...god bless and take care! Blessings, Mike!

Day 30 Road Trip 2015

Got behind again...imagine that!
We had a great ride back to Kalispell from Eureka.

Our rental hosts there suggested we go back 37 which follows the reservoir to the town of Libby. We stopped at Libby dam for some pictures...then went into the town of Libby for breakfast at the Libby Cafe. We got into Kalispell just in time to meet our friends at West Glacier, where we joined them for a ride back up to Logan's Pass.

We then followed them to Whitefish, where they had invited us to have dinner with them at the Kandahar Lodge. Thank you so much J and R for the fabulous dinner.

We got back to our stay in Kalispell between 11-12 that night. We met up with them again in West Glacier the next morning and drove to Apgar Village to look around. Around noonish, they had to head west to continue their trip...and we drove from Apgar Village the back way to Kalispell. Part of the way was like 10 miles of washboard dirts roads. Someone was not very happy about that....but remained pretty quiet about that! Thank you someone!

Today, our last day in this area...we drove back down to Lakeside, Montana and did a boat ride/tour of Flathead Lake. Now we are back in Kalispell getting ready to head out in the morning. We will start making our way back towards the east.

Thanks for reading...and stayed tuned for the rest of the story. Oh and we met another nice couple from N.J. on the boat. Small world!

God bless! Mike! Pics will be on my fb page as they have been. To hard to post on the blog with my mobile phone!  ;-)

Day 27 Road Trip 2015!

Today our awesome rental hosts took us around the Eureka and surrounding areas for some sightseeing tours!

First they drove us out to The Ten Lakes recreational area...where we checked out several of the lakes. They had even packed a picnic lunch for us all...told you they were awesome!

After a little hiking and viewing, they then drove us to the top of Mount Marston. Talk about views...wow! It almost reminded me of the views from Pike's Peak. Absolutely beautiful!

On our way down the mountain we were honored with a front flat tire. Wow, can it get any better than that I ask!

After changing out the tire, they then drove us over to Stryker, Montana to see Sunday Falls.

Thank you W and E for your outstanding hospitality and generosity! God bless!

Tomorrow...Tuesday, is our checkout from this fantastic apartment, and from the town of Eureka! It will feel strange to leave..it feels like leaving family or life long friends! We were truly blessed to have met up and cross paths with such wonderful people!

As always...pics are posted to my footcruisingamerica facebook page!

God bless you all...and thanks for reading! Mike

Day 26 Road Trip 2015

Well, I guess I got behind again! Since leaving Wyoming we stopped in Bozeman and visited our niece for a few hours.  We were planning on staying at the Bozeman KOA but it was full. The motels were to expensive there, so we cut our visit short. The only place we could find, was a cabin at a KOA in Missoula. So we went there for the night. We had stayed at that same KOA back in 2010.

The next day we went to Safety Lite and had our cracked windshield fixed...yes a victim of a stone back in Colorado!

Then we headed up to Kalispell and Whitefish. We could not afford a room in either town that wasn't already booked. We stopped at the Whitefish/Kalispell KOA and they were out of cabins...but then told my wife, we have a honeymoon cabin we can rent you...but I will show it to you first to see if you want it...humm!

It was actually kind of cute...rustic...but cute. It was almost half the size of their regular cabin...but it had a bed and a roof.. so we stayed there for the night. It was pretty nice. The restrooms/showers were clean and they even gave a complimentary breakfast. It was nicer than we have gotten from most motels for sure.

We found a nice apt. In Eureka, Montana, not far from the Canandian border, over top of a garage/shop on airb&b for a great price. It was private and had all the amenities you would need. The host's are superb to say the least. The apt. Is very neat and clean...and the mountain views...AWESOME! It is so peaceful and quiet...located on top of a large hill/mountain over looking the town...which is only about two miles to the grocery store.

We have the apt. till Tuesday morning checkout..then we will head back down to Kalispell where we had found a travel trailer set up in a private yard for rent.

We will be meeting our friends, Judi and Randal from Ruston, La. there. We will be there for three days...then start heading east to who knows where for now!

We drove the Going to the sun road in West Glacier National Park the morning after the KOA cabin in Whitefish/Kalispell, before heading up to Eureka. Pictures do not, I repeat, do not do it any justice. Absolutely a beautiful drive.

After our first night staying in Eureka, we drove to a National Forest to see an area they call Ten Lakes...and of course we used our GPS and ended up going through two National Forests and traveling about 60 miles of forest roads bringing us about 35 miles south of where we started...never finding what we set out for! It was an awesome drive with some nice mountain, lake, and river views though. The only drawback was the stone, gravel and dirt roads that took us five hours to navigate...the car, nor the wife were very happy about that. But hey, we made it out alive and in one piece!

Last night our hosts offered to drive us to the Ten Lakes for a sightseeing trip in their Jeep! They are absolutely wonderful people. God surely blessed us with this stay for sure!

That's about it for now...you have been updated. Hopefully I can stay caught up! God bless...and thanks for reading my post....pics are on my facebook page (footcruisingamerica). Prayers and blessings...Mike!

Day 22 Road Trip 2015!

We left Douglas Wyoming this morning and made our way into Montana.  We traveled up Interstate 25, then in Sheridan, we took 14 west to Cody. From there we took Chief Joseph Hwy to Beartooth scenic byways into Red Lodge, Montana where we are at another KOA. Took lots of pictures, mostly from the car on the way here. Most of 14 went through the Big Horn National Forest.

We also went through Shell, Wyoming..which has a wonderful water fall and canyon.  Well worth the stop to see. It is right off of 14. No hiking to get to it!

Met a really nice person in the laundry room at the KOA. She and her husband work kamp there. It was a pleasure and a blessing to talk with her. We talked about my walk...mental health....and how God has blessed me in the past year.  I feel sorry for her...I bet her ears are still ringing...lol! I told her I felt like I needed to pay her for her time, I talked her ear off...but not to worry..I picked it up and handed it back to her! All is good!

Well it is late..actually after midnight...I really need my beauty sleep, so God bless you all and have a good night. Will post my pics on fb hopefully tomorrow! Blessings,  Mike!

Day 21 road Trip 2015!

Today was a lite and easy day! We kept our sightseeing close by! We did so because we will be back on the road heading northwest towards Glacier National Parks with several stops in between.

If you have been checking my fb page pictures on (footsruisingamerica) and noticed hazy backgrounds in some pictures...according to the weather channel, it is from forest fires in Alaska! Wow!

Today we went to Ayers Natural Bridge to look around and take pictures. What a nice place to pack a lunch and have a picnic. Beautiful and peaceful scenery and playground areas for kids. Lots of picnic tables also! If you pass by Douglas going up Interstate 25 take exit 151. It is about 5 miles from the interstate.

We then drove up to Bill, Wyoming and drove through some of the open grassland. They also have some looooong trains full of coal going out of that area!

Well that's about it for today..God bless you all. Have a blessed night, Mike!