Category Archives: Going South, 2013

Old Faithful Geyser Basin, September 13

It didn’t rain over night, but was still cloudy this morning, though it didn’t look as heavy as yesterday.  As we drove towards Old Faithful the clouds were low so we drove through fog, but as we came off the … Continue reading

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Gas Troubles, September 12

It started to rain just as we awoke this morning.  However, it didn’t look too bad, and there were some patches of blue sky, so we decided to go view some of the hot springs, mostly planning to stay in … Continue reading

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Ousel Falls, September 11

It was not as cold last night, though when we drove in to Big Sky this morning to go for our hike just about 8 am, it was cold enough that there was a lot of mist over the Gallatin … Continue reading

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Beehive Basin Trail, September 10

It was definitely cold last night.  There was frost on the windshield this morning.  Fall has arrived here in the mountains of Montana. We drove to Big Sky after breakfast and stopped at the tourist information office where we got … Continue reading

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Red Cliff Campground, September 9

There was a very pretty sunrise this morning.  The only other campers in the campground were also up early this morning, and they were taking pictures of the sunrise over the lake.  We left at 7:30 am, drove through Helena … Continue reading

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White Sandy Campground, Helena, MT, September 9

We got away in good time this morning and drove to Milk River where we checked our email.  From there it is just a short drive to the border crossing where everything went very smoothly. After crossing the border we … Continue reading

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Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, September 7

It began to rain last night, and it poured heavily for at least an hour.  It was just about the time most people were starting to build campfires for the evening, so the campsite quieted down very quickly.  It then … Continue reading

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Coulee View Trail, September 6

It didn’t rain overnight, so we hiked the Coulee View trail, which starts from the visitor centre, this morning.  First though we registered for the bus tour of the restricted part of the park for this afternoon.  It was a … Continue reading

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Dinosaur Provincial Park, September 5

Yesterday we left Prince Albert shortly before noon, drove to Eston (which we reached around 3:30) and visited with Enid’s mother.  We took her from the Jubilee Lodge to where we had set up our trailer, and had a nice … Continue reading

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