Lake Upsata Guest Ranch Ovando

... the choice to move again for the rest of the semester, but I moved too many times, so I really don't want to continue. Except, my mom and my dad's, marriage is out of place now, so they may divorce... Meaning that my Dad may move to Kentucky and get the job he's always dreamed of and my Mom would move to Tennessee or New York ...

... a 4wd golf cart to get to the beach, one handed as they had drinks in the other. They were from Calgary money so I guess they were oil kids as Calgary is the oil gateway and headquarters for their biggest co's. <br><br>Once at the border, our first section was complete. 214 miles of mountainous terrain was behind us. The border crossing went smoothly, 6mths given due to our visas. We met up with the Americans there and had a pics taken before pushing on top ...

... didn't see too many vehicles. We passed a remote Hutterite colony and crossed through a pass in a mountain range to decend into a valley of active ranches with a view to covet. We drove along a rural road lined with wild sunflower and eventually reached hwy 287 that took us onto hwy 200, our original plan route.<br><br>Between Lincoln and Ovando we decided to turn south on hwy 141 and loop back through Helena to I-15. If we continued to Missoula ...

... town that was being used as a base camp for wild land firefighters. We could see the smoke of the fire not too far off in the distance. If I had been alone, I would have stopped and seen if I could have helped, but we had to make up lost time so we just moved on. We got into Seeley Lake, Montana sometime around 6pm, and met our friend after a little confusion about which road he lived ...

Hi folks! Having a rest day in Drummond, pity it's raining! That's us over the Continental Divide. It was long slog, 10.5 miles up to MacDonald Pass (6,320ft), face wind and cold. We like Montana though, there's no tax on the food! See you.

I don't know that you can top a day like today. First of all, it rained most of the night, which was perfect being that we were out in the middle of some of the most beautiful country you'll ever see. We even have a metal roof on our cabin for the added sound effect. This morning, it cleared up and was sunny and about 60 degrees. We woke up and went to breakfast next door at the lodge ...

We had such a great time in Missoula. It's a beautiful part of the country, but we really enjoyed meeting up with some friends even more. Today, before we pulled out of town, Kelly took the boys on a field trip to a 'Smoke-jumper" school. These are the guys that parachute into fires to put them out. Today was graduation, so they saw some demonstrations and ran into a producer that is shooting a movie about the jumpers. While they were on their field trip, I got us packed up ...

... Crimson Tide" who never made it, Sam Niel, the Russian cowboy. Brayton and Zach are doing their best to convert him. The Boston's (which includes Ande and Syd- excuse any errors in sp) are doing fine. Mike loves his pastoring and those he pastors love him, not hard to do. He and Avis really seem to love being grandparents as well. (Ah hem....Brennan....David). A break from scenery and wildlife pix for family shots.

... get supplies....lots of good food and of course, some Coors Lights (which we don't get at McMurdo Station). The difference of being in Montana versus Wisconsin is huge--the clear blue sky was gorgeous compared to the gray dreary one we just flew from. Our week basically consisted of visiting different friends and seeing all the new babies, hot tubbing, playing with the kids outsideand ...