Montana!

This July Stephen and I are heading to Big Sky Country! That's right, we are heading out to Montana. His Mom and her husband just finished building a beautiful home in the Southwestern part of the state. Yes that is a picture of the Clark Fork River which is basically their backyard! Jealous? If not, then... you're basically lame.

Over 10 days we will be visiting, fly fishing, regular fishing, climbing, camping, back country hiking, drinking and playing pool in the local bar. But what I am most excited about is we will be taking a four day backpacking trip through Glacier National Park. This year May, marks Glacier's 100th Birthday as a National Park. I am pretty excited that we get to go!


This is Lake McDonald. It is pretty much the first thing you see at the western entrance to the park. It has and elevation of 3153ft above sea level, is 10 miles long and at it's deepest point is 427 feet deep. The surrounding mountain walls range around 2000 feet. From this picture you might think that this looks like any other lake in any random forest, you are wrong. It is one of the most beautiful places you could ever see.



Hopefully we will be able to re climb the Kila Crags and I won't be scared shit-less of rattlesnakes! I would post a picture but all of the pictures I took last summer are not on my computer and all the Google Images sucked. So I will later post a story specifically
about that little adventure. I threw a temper tantrum, it was a little bit embarrassing.


So we are going on this excussion in fifteen weeks and neither one of us is ready for a four day backpacking trip at that altitude. So, our goal: loose 10-15 pounds by our flight. Go on 12 hikes, and visit Yosemite all before taking off to one of my favorite places in the world!

Wish us LUCK!