Pics from Glacier

These are a couple of pics of our view from Johnson's of St. Mary. The people one row over had an amazing view. We had a pretty good view too. Unfortunately, the view (and the convenience of being so close to the east entrance) are all this place had going for it. Wifi only worked right outside the office area. Not particularly kid-friendly. And a general air of smugness about the place. I really wanted to love it there but...we will try somewhere else next time (unless they can guarantee one of those spots across from us...)

Day 15 - Great Falls Voyagers

We did go to the baseball game (sorry Dave, got your comment too late).

This went pretty well. Mari was bored but I wouldn't have normally taken her yet anyway - Faith did pretty well for about 3 innings then needed a lot of refocusing, which is to be expected. Face it - baseball is not an exciting game - it's all about nuance and as a family we never got involved enough to appreciate it - although I can say that watching minor league ball (at the lowest level) helps you appreciate the difficulty because they do NOT make it look easy. ANYWAY - Faith was able to understand some of the basics and enjoyed watching the scoreboard to tell us the count. And both girls liked that they could eat at the game. We left after the 7th inning before things got too dramatic. Don't know who won.

A happy start:


Centene Stadium - they do like their baseball out here:


Faith's first stadium food:


Almost time to go home:


Faith's attitude by the end of our stay (also note the local TV affiliate's camera in the background)




This is all the pics for now, we'll be leaving for Yellowstone soon. I will post more tonight now that I know how to do it.

Hope all is well at home.

Matt

Pics from Day 15

These are from the First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park - a site where many different Native American Nations would drive buffalo herds off a high cliff. Steph and I visited a low-budget one of these in Havre back in 2003. This place was in the middle of nowhere. The visitor center was incredibly well done. Although, they apparently have to take what they can get as far as guide staff - our person was a little spacy and by the end of our visit was talking about how her house was haunted and the behavior of spirits...yeah.

Anyway, dad and I hiked up the cliff - about a mile and a half trek, and the rest of the family met us up top. The picture of me is looking down at the edge. The other two are from the visitor center.

Other pics from Day 14

"Dad is making us go for a walk - the horror..."



Robby and Hannah:

Pics from Great Falls KOA Water Playground

Pics from children's museum of Montana Day 14

We tried to post last night, but the internet connection froze up. We're trying, really we are. I know a lot of people are waiting for their 'fix' - hang in there. Honestly, if this connection isn't reliable, I will haul to town and park myself at someplace with a better hotspot until I get everything caught up.

ANYWAY...

Here are pics from the Children's Museum of Montana - the short version of this experience - couldn't keep Robby out of the tunnel, couldn't keep Hannah out of the swing, and the girls did a fashion show with grandma narrating. Fun.

ARRGH - pics will NOT POST - gonna try one more thing. Hang on...

Got it - apparently I will have to resize every pic to make it small enough for the connection to handle. Here goes:

We're In

Long day of driving today. Get out your maps and figure out how YOU would get from St. Mary, MT to West Yellowstone, MT. There's no good way to do it.

Steph and I are getting ready to post pics - stand by.