Super 8 Motel - Libby

Wednesday 6th August We left the Logan State Park at a reasonable hour and drove to Libby, Montana where we went to a visitors centre to collect a map of Idaho and where we were able to get a wifi connection. We had lunch there but did not stay that long. We continued west until we arrived at Kootenai Falls. This is a spectacular part of the Kootanai river where ...

... and us girls went off for a spin. It was my first drive in the States (on this trip). When we got back she decided she wanted to take it up a hill off the road. Well when she started turning up the track I thought she was kidding! ...... she definitely wasn't. She said it was nothing but I thought it was seriously vertical-looking. Anyway the truck went up it as if it was a paved highway even though ...

... We have been helping him get ready to move which he should be doing in just a couple of weeks. His ranch is for sale for $1.3 million...anybody interested? When he moves, he'll be in town and much closer to everything he needs. The last night in Libby, we went to town and played pool and video poker, where Maggie won $7.25! We'll miss the ranch but will always enjoy coming back to Libby and visiting with Grandpa!

... out of that grass... it was an evil brown cloud of bugs, and they were landing everywhere, biting through the bike clothes, and even chasing us and getting a few more bites in as we were frantically biking away. it wasn't until we were going about 15 mph again that we were finally free of them. i felt like pigpen from peanuts with them buzzing all around my head! after that break, we agreed that there would be no more stopping until we reached a ...

... for a good part of the morning on our way to sand point. one interesting thing we did find were some artificial nesting habitats for ospreys. the nests were basically wooden platforms perched upon telephone poles near a lake, and they were all full of osprey families. the approach to sand point is stunning. the road turns a corner and suddenly there's a broad lake flanked with snow-topped mountains with two bridges cutting across ...

Our drive from Saskatchewan early Sunday morning took us through the Canadian province of Alberta, where the prairie more closely resembled the American midwest. The biggest city we went through was Lethbridge, Alberta, where we had to drive around a huge canyon that was right in the middle of town. Then we finally saw the Canadian Rockies looming on the horizon and began our drive through them at Crows Nest Pass. Here we also saw the ...

... Habitat Bicycle Challenge. According to Wikipedia, "The Habitat Bicycle Challenge (HBC) is the largest annual fundraiser for any Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the United States. Led by Yale University students, HBC is a 4,000 mile cross-country bicycle ride that raises money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. Each rider raises $4,000 (about ...

... We're moving westward now, and everyone has sort of settled down. Let's find the Observation Car! Of course it's dark, so not much to observe, but we want to get the feel of all the train. Oh, a snack bar on the bottom part, what do we want to eat? Hot dogs, sandwiches, we load a tray and go back up. Seats and tables fill the car. The windows dark of course, but TV's all ...

... my exertions on The Cowboy Trail, from the combined effects of dehydration, exhaustion and sunburn. I spent a few lazy days there, dividing my days between writing up my travelogue at the town's fine Victorian library and enjoying panoramic views of the mountains during late afternoon walks along the network of leafy trails that follow the tumbling Elk River. In the evenings I would make use of my hotel's spa facilities and explore the cornucopia of North American ...