Red Lion Inn Missoula

... there are places that I definitely don't want to leave without seeing. I plan on getting around by bus and staying at HI's and farmhouses. I'm most looking forward to hiking around Skaftafell National Park and seeing the glaciers around Jokulsarlon in the Southwestern part of the country. One of my lifelong dreams is to see the Aurora Borealis, cross your fingers ...

... away,my eggs are getting cold" look.I'm generally perfect as usual, but evidently, I can be grumpy and sarcastic.I don't see,however, what's wrong with wearing clothes two days in a row if you don't spill anything on them. My only problem is MY ASS HURTS! Honestly, we're having a ball.I'm going to try to send this before Linda sees it.

... definitely worth checking out.<br><br>We are now in a fancy dancy KOA campground in Missoula, where we were able to take a shower for the first time since we left. I smelled like roses the whole time, but Jess on the other hand, ( I just got punched), smelled lovely too.<br><br> Tomorrow were off to Bozeman, then Yellowstone.<br><br>See ya,<br><br>Nic and Jess<br><br>

... The ride down I don't watch.<br><br> We arrived to at this nice park and it was raining (which it has done every evening since we have been on the road). The topic of conversation when you talk to a Montanian is the amount of rain they have had this year. They said that usually this time of year everything is burned up from the dry ...

... then happy to show us his favorite micro-breweries and foods. We had a great time sharing stories and eating an awesome burrito, ready for this combo: wasabi, curry, buffalo, burrito! We headed off the very next day to an unexpected surprise. <br><br>A side note about couch surfing: I have believed for some time that people are generally good and kind, but I have not been prepared for the shamless acts of kindness I ...

We stopped into visit Jim Sampson in Missoula, Montana. Coach Samps was Darren's assistant coach at UTSA and still has a lot of dirt on him from his college days. Darren was able to go fly-fishing on the Clark Fork River in the morning with a ...

... Lest you think I am making some pronouncement about the future of our own civilization - well, I can say that I've suspected such an end for awhile now. On the other hand, I don't want it any more than you do. I hear that later in the book Diamond profiles cultures that were able to survive and eventually thrive in marginal ecological conditions (often human-inflicted, at least in part). I'm looking forward to learning from that part. The peacefulness of the ...

... about us. "Taking Rimrock, hmm? They're always really late. Plus there's construction on 93 to Missoula - it's a 2-lane, so that slows things up pretty good. Won't hit Missoula until late afternoon I'm sure. Well, good luck." And off he wandered. Joe and I looked at each other. I looked at my watch - 11 AM. "We could rent a car?" I suggested weakly. He started calling. Only one company had anything at all available. It was a giant Jeep Cherokee, still not big ...

Traveling from W. Yellowstone to Missoula, MT, we encountered a genuine cattle drive outside of Virginia City. The highway (as well as main street, Virginia City) was temporarily blocked as cowboys and cowgirls manipulated the beef in an orderly fashion to and through an open gated pasture. Virginia City was once a gold mining community. Today board walks and weather-beaten store fronts remain. It virtually shuts ...

We spent the night in the not so big city of Missoula, Montana. We went there because it was one of the closest places to the Alberta border with a Victoria's Secret. We were there first thing in the morning. In fact we were in the mall before VS had even opened.