Glad to be back in South Dakota

An inspiring sunrise. Our earliest start yet. Clear skies and (mostly) calm winds. Light traffic on the Interstate. That's our recipe for a good day on the road...

Just out for a Sunday drive

This would be the day we'd find out if our plan to hold back paid off...

I’m sitting still. Everything else is moving.

It didn't take long for Nature to validate our layover decision...

Planned & executed

Deb and I both were up early this morning — to take care of the dogs, and to pack up and get on the road as quickly as possible...

A slight change of plans

We did, in fact, leave Glacier this morning...

Mountains & water

I married a West Virginia girl. She loves her Appalachian mountains, and I've learned that she loves water -- lakes and streams and waterfalls...

The quest

I once had the good fortune to be able to immerse myself in this magnificent region for four months. Two days off each week weren't nearly enough time to do everything...

A day we didn’t want to end

I said yesterday that this place, the small village outside the west entrance to Glacier National Park, "felt to me like the same West Glacier." And it does...

The Prize

If I still used a paper calendar, this date would've been circled in red...

Another good day in Montana

This is the first place we've camped in a very long time that hasn't been under a fire ban, and we planned to have a campfire last night...