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Smoke on the Water

Note:  This blog post is about a recent road trip to Montana, British Columbia and Washington states. As we drove through the entrance gate, the smoke hung over Lake McDonald.  If my nose hadn’t belied the fact that it is indeed smoke, I would have thought it to be fog…

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Bird, what bird?

Exhausted from my hike up Pawnee Pass, I stumbled along to a spot where I could sit down and take a break.  Breaking out my Kind Bars and some cheese, I sat and nibbled, while drinking water.  The hike had taken much more out of me than I had expected. …

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Chasing the Eclipse

I can’t sleep.  It is 3:30 a.m., 20 minutes before the alarm was set to go off, but I can’t sleep. Today is the day.  The day the moon will pass in front of the sun, blocking out the sun entirely for a full two minutes.  It will be a…

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Eclipse hysteria

I frantically look for my wallet as I click the mouse pad.  I fill out my name, address and credit card and click again.  Arrggh!   I looked at the screen and see those dreaded words.  No rooms available at this time.  “Maybe we should try calling all the motels…

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