Last weekend we went over to Ennis to celebrate Mogie’s birthday. Then, Big H and I left to do some riding. Mogie got one-on-two time with the kids; Henry took a nap; Big H got to load, pull and unload…
Field Trip Friday: Sacajawea Peak
At 9665 feet, Sacagawea Peak is the highest peak in the Bridger Range. Last week, Anders, Finn and I hiked it. By all standards, itÂ’s an easy trek, just 2.2 miles each way, through pine forest, alpine tundra and scree…
Field Trip Friday: Porcupine Cabin
This FTF is a bit of a cheat since we didn’t actually go to the cabin on Friday. However, our field trip was preempted by the need to plan, prepare and pack for the cabin, so there you go. We…
Field Trip Friday: Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary
I had good intentions of having my Field Trip Friday post up on, um Friday, but my computer had other ideas. It crashed. It was gone for a few days, but now it’s back with twice the memory of its…
(Mostly) camping in Red Lodge
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to pack up two boys and two dogs and go camping. Henry was in Glacier National Park for three days (filming) and he left the truck with us. I…
Field Trip Friday: Gates of the Mountains
“It was late in the evening before I entered this place and was obliged to continue my rout untill sometime after dark before I found a place suffieciently large to encamp my small party; at length such an one occurred…
Field Trip Friday: floating the Madison
Since I quit my job and am living the life of luxury, I have the time and energy to institute Field Trip Fridays. For our first FTF we floated the lower Madison River with some friends. It was also Finn’s…
Anders’ first backpack trip
Last weekend, Anders and I went backpacking. It was the four-year-old hiker’s first backpacking experience. He’s hiked, he’s camped, but this was a whole new game. I know a lot of people backpack with babies, but since ours are just…
Little Bighorn Battlefield
We are somewhere in the mountains of Colorado right now, but a night at a hotel in Fort Collins allowed me a little time on the Internet…. Our first stop on our summer roadtrip was at Little Bighorn Battlefield National…
An evening at Pine Creek Cafe
There’s very few finer ways to spend a summer evening than listening to music at the Pine Creek Cafe in Pine Creek, Mont. You cannot hold Anders back when he wants to dance. The Hooligans Dancing with my little dude.…