HAGERMAN FOSSIL BED

we have been very busy with sight seeing..made a stop at the Hagerman fossil beds and Japanese interment national aprk....right now there is no visitors center for the camp so it is included with the fossil beds...all most interesting.. on our way to ogden we went thru twin falls,ut and of course had to stop for pictures..the snake river flows right thru the city and it is used for many recreations activities--kayaking-boating--fishing--who knows what else..

LAST COUPLE OF DAYS

the las t couple of days we have been traveling around without Wi-Fi...we have spent a night at Wal-Mart in butte , mt...today we went to a couple of national parks one was big hole where the Indians were over come by the army troups....not a good picture of what the white man did to the Indians..taking their land with contracts that were never kept.... then on to craters of the moon national monument...arrived around 4:30 so we saw a movie and checked out the museum..checked to see if there were any sites available in the park...nothing so we headed on to Hagerman where tomorrow we will check out the Hagerman fossil national park..and there is the Japanese intetment camp we want to also check out....sure has been a busy couple of days.. the temps have also been right up there into the 90's....glad we have some a/c... alls well and trip is going well..... as we have traveled thru the country side both in Montana and Idaho we have seen lots of irragiation going on miles and miles of it..not sure where the water is coming from but they sure do irragiate ...we can tell by the gree n lush fields we see along the drive...lots of hay fields which appear are going some where for sale...corn--sugar beets..silos for wheat storage...anyway it is big crop farming going on..

GREAT FALLS, MT

great falls is a wonderful place to learn all about lewis and clark....started off the morning with lar getting his monthly blood work done then on the sam's club to check it out for tony..so why not have lunch there so we all did..then on to the center...the books say plan on 2 hrs so we did wanting to go to another museum this afternoon...not a good plan..we spent over 3 1/2 hrs there and ran out of time to go to the other museum..so that is on for tomorrow...I must say the lewis and clark was very well done and I would recommend it to any one who is in great fall ,mt.....very well done..we went to a couple of movies and ranger talks...worth while...it may just affect our travel plans when heading east and follow more of the lewis and clark trail ending up in st Louis..Remains to be discussed... we saw 4 of the falls that they had to go around...althou 1 was under water due to a dam but we saw where it had been and the other was on a long dirt road so we decided not to go look at it...must give those guys credit for going on the adventure they did...

WATERTON/GLACIER

yesterday we adventured into Canada to the park the neighbors glacier ...and as we were pulling away fro the Canadian check station we look out and there right along the side of the road was bear just a grazing away...so of course we watched it for quite some time and NO we did not get out of the car....then off we went to see the sights..took a ride to red rock canyon or red creek or red something and saw 4 dessert goats...so a fine day it was..i now think I am all caught up on our travels so far... oh you might think it is the same bear but check the dates on the pictures...different bear--different day..

GLACIER

ok we are now back in the states and have spent 4 days at glacier exploring the park...when we arrived at the campground who do we see in front of us but our friends tony and caroline if we had had a plan as to when we both would have arrived it probally would not had worked out...so I guess no plan worked out just like if we had planned it... it has been great catching up with them and have done and seen a lot...lots of wild life--black bears--grizzley--mountain goats --dall sheep--desert goats---wonderful scenery--more scenery and then guess what more scenery...

BUFFALO JUMP

after Calgary lar and I made our way down to the us but stopped in a small campground as we wanted to go to the indian buffalo jump heritage site...it is just what it says...many yrs ago the indian had an idea why not round up the buffalo and have them jump off a cliff then get them..so that is exactly what they did ..it took them a lot of planning to do it and have the weather just right...they hoped to get enough for their winter use..they used every part of the buffalo either to eat of for warmth and evden made tools out of the bones...they used everything ..

STAMPEDE

we have been without Wi-Fi or very good service for some time..now we are in great falls, mtand have some service ...the stampede was fun and it was like the NYState fair..lots of vendors a mid-way with rides galore but the main draw was of course the stampede which was exciting...saw a couple of cowboys get hurt and had to be taken away in an ambulance and a horse who we think died of an heart attack... we also went to Banff and rode the gondola up the mountain--saw flood damage (mainly rock slides) so going to the stampede can now we taken off the bucket list...