Highline Trail, Glacier National Park

Hold on Tight, a photo by b-a-boop on Flickr.

This is Bob holding on to the handrail made from hose along a narrow section at the beginning of the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park in Montana. It was one of our most adveturous hikes as we got stuck out on the trail in a lightning storm and had to seek cover in the rocky ledge.

Where this photo was taken there’s about a 200’ drop down onto the “Going to the Sun” road below. 

You can hike this trail up to some cabins that are only accessible on foot, but we didn’t go that far.

We had hiked quite a distance from the trailhead when the sky started to darken. We saw other hikers scurrying past us to go back to the lower end of the trail, but we didn’t think there was enough time to get back before the rain came, so we didn’t turn around.

 This beautiful hike had gorgeous views of the surrounding mountains, although when I saw a lightning bolt curve over and strike the mountain on the other side of the valley it really frightened me. Up to that point I had figured we were safe against the side of the mountain. Luckily we had some rain ponchos with us & in the last photo you can see the rock outcropping we happened upon that sheltered us from the rain. It was a good thing the storm passed quickly and we even had sunshine again on the way back.

This hike is highly recommended by us both.

travel dates sept. 2004

Space Needle

Space Needle a photo by b-a-boop on Flickr.

The Seattle Space Needle. We visited this after returning from our Alaskan Cruise in Sept. 2010. The display showing the design and building of this lovely structure was very interesting and the views were spectacular.

Goldminer’s Cemetary Skagway, Alaska

The Klondike Goldrush in Alaska and the Yukon Territories is an important part of our history. We learned quite a bit about the hardships that prospectors endured seeking their fortune in the late 1800’s when we visited Skagway. The Chilkoot Pass and White Pass were long treacherous routes to the gold fields and many lives were lost along the way. While in Skagway we visited the Goldminer’s Cemetery.

travel dates sept 2010

Snorkeling in Alaska

I know, who does that! Snorkeling is for places like the Caribbean, but my husband wanted to take this excursion in Ketchican after reading reviews and seeing pictures on flickr. I went along reluctantly (I'm not a great swimmer & I hate cold water) and now we can brag that we did it. It was a cloudy, cold and misty day to begin with and they provided wetsuits to protect us from the 52 degree water temps (it was a chore squeezing into them) but I still froze about halfway through the trip. There had been alot of recent rain & the runoff had caused a bit of cloudy sediment in the water, but we still got to see jelly fish, urchins, and rare starfish we'd never seen before. After, I had 2 other women trying to help me peel off that damn wetsuit, what a struggle! You can see more photos on my husband's flickr photostream.

travel dates sept 2010

Alaskan Cruise

Our latest adventure we just returned from was an Alaskan Cruise. The small portion of the State we saw was spectacular and the weather wasn’t too bad for September. In fact it was great to get away from our 90 degree temps at home.

Welcome to our travel blog

My husband & I love to travel and we take 'time off' seriously and think everyone should get away from their everyday routine now and then. Hope you enjoy the photos and tales of our many vacations. They will be in no particular order since I will begin with our latest trip and add older getaways.