The Caprock Coulee trail is a great day hike through the badlands of North Dakota, offering overviews, rock formations, and wildlife opportunities. We had a day to spend at the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt State Park and planned to start by hiking the Buckhorn Train to a prairie dog town. Until we met him … Read more
It’s a long drive from Glacier National Park to Michigan. Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Lake Superior shore make nice stopovers. Day 1: Columbia Falls, Montana to Williston, North Dakota We saw a deer downtown as we turned onto the main road. And got a last look at bison. And at mountains, with better … Read more
The St Mary Falls trail is not just about the falls. You also get great views of St Mary Lake. St Mary Falls was the last hike we did in Glacier. While parking wasn’t as tight here as with our other hikes we still had to park at Sunrift Gorge and cover some trail we’d … Read more
The Hidden Lake Overlook trail is a beautiful and easy hike through alpine meadows to a small pond and a … hidden lake. As with the Highline trail, which also starts at Logan Pass, it’s hard to get a parking space for this hike. We did both on the same day to save getting up … Read more
The first part of this trail is easy if you don’t mind heights and is a good way to get off the road. And possibly see some wildlife, as we did. One of the hardest things about this hike is getting parking space! We got up at 5:00 to get a space at Logan Pass … Read more
The Going-to-the-Sun Road is both the only road through the park and a destination in itself. When we there during the pandemic only the west park entrance was open and the road was closed at Rising Sun on the eastern side. Our first day there we drove all the way to end at Rising Sun. … Read more
The hike to Avalanche Lake is very popular. It’s a relatively easy hike through the woods to a beautiful lake and it’s about 5 miles round trip. Because it’s so popular parking is at a premium. We got up around 6:30 so we could be out the door around 8:00. We scored a parking spot … Read more
Glacier National Park is gorgeous and worth the long drive across the plains, even with part of the park closed due to COVID-19 and visibility diminished by smoke from wildfires. Day 1: Going-to-the-Sun Road We got into Columbia Falls in time to check-in and have dinner. We spent the first three nights at the Meadow … Read more
Theodore Roosevelt National Park makes a nice stop heading to or from Glacier National Park from the east. It’s a full day’s drive from the eastern border of North Dakota and another full day’s drive from there to the Glacier area. The South Unit has a scenic drive with some good very short hikes. Leg … Read more
It’s a long drive from mid-Michigan to Glacier National Park and not a lot along the way. Theodore Roosevelt National Park makes a nice stopover. Day 1: Harrison to Munising, Michigan It’s a good thing Steve didn’t have to work today because it took us most of the day to pack. Then we had stops … Read more