Past Travels

  • Lewis & Clark & Hikes

    This weekend we went on a really cool hike up to Willow Creek falls. The trail goes along the side of a canyon up and over large lower falls, smaller upper falls and finally some mini falls that we were able to hike down to. Then it winds into a valley with some beautiful red… Read more

  • Mermaids, Mountains and Madame Moustache

    We got this weekend off to a great start by visiting Sip n’ Dip, a local tiki bar with real, live mermaids! Chris approves. Next we headed to Fort Benton the “oldest continuously inhabited settlement in Montana”. We visited the old fort and learned the history of the town’s gunslingers including the impressive Madame Moustache.… Read more

  • Great Falls is Great

    It’s our second weekend in Montana and we had a chance to see more of Great Falls. We visited the First People’s Buffalo Jump outside the city. Native American tribes hunted bison here by herding them off the cliffs of this plateau. We checked out Giant Springs, the largest natural springs in the US. We… Read more

  • Great Falls, MT

    We made it to Montana! Glendisaurus was there to greet us in Glendive when we crossed the border. Then we were off to Harlowton for the Harlo Music Project’s fifth annual music festival. Mike and the Moonpies was the band we came to see but the Vandoliers played an awesome set too. We also got… Read more

  • Fargo, ND

    We spent a few days in Fargo, ND on the way to Montana and it was great! One of the coolest things we did was visit the Hjemkomst Museum (technically across the border in Minnesota). It’s a museum dedicated to a cross-Atlantic voyage via a Viking ship built by a family in Moorehead, MN in… Read more

  • Goodbye, Michigan!

    We had a beautiful last week in Harbor Springs visiting local beaches. Followed by an awesome couple of days in the UP touring Tahquamenon Falls with the Krentz family, then over to Pictured Rocks and Lake of the Clouds. Now we’re off to Montana with a quick stay in Fargo for a few days in… Read more