Now, with video

On our way to Yellowstone

We stayed in a hotel last night but we have been camping up until now. Two nights ago it poured rain all night and the wind was so fierce that the tent would lay down on top of us with particularly strong gusts. It helped us forget about the threat of Grizzlies eating us in our sleep.

Glacier was an amazing place. The views are just unbelievable and the water in the lakes is crystal clear. We hiked up the Continental Divide at Logan Pass and were able to get quite close to mountain goats. Yesterday we hiked in Many Glacier where there are lots of Grizzly bear sightings since lots of huckleberries grow there. The bears are trying to fatten themselves up for hibernation. As you hike, you are supposed to sing or clap to make noise to avoid surprising a bear. We did get to see one Grizzly from a safe distance - the bear was on the mountain above us.

Here are some photos of our adventure so far.

Me, cooking pepper-jack eggs:


On top of the Continental Divide:


Corey fishing on St. Mary's lake.The sign said we needed to keep alert since a Mountain Lion had been frequenting the area:


Mountain goat:


Marmot making its loud whistle noise:


Moose!:

Heading east to Montana

Here are a few photos from our trip so far. We are in Spokane at the moment - in a bakery eating breakfast. Mmmmm poppyseed bagel with egg and cheese :)

Big tree in our campsite near Mt. St. Helens in Washington:


Overlook near Mt. St. Helens:


Woodland creature:


We should be in Glacier National Park later today! I probably won't be posting anything until Saturday when we drive to Yellowstone. I also finish my 365 photography project on Saturday. Yikes!

Wish us luck in not getting eaten by bears..

When it says "compact" it means "compact"

Corey's head hitting the roof of our Cobalt.

We made it!

Stopping to smell the roses in Portland before moving on to Mt St Helens. The weather here is beautiful! No humidity :)

I just figured out how to post iPhone pics straight to my blog so expect lots of random, insignificant posts.

And we're out!

We are officially on our way to Portland OR - via Charlotte NC. I am sitting in the Charlotte airport using their free wifi. We almost didn't take this trip due to a situation with Corey's work but at the last minute we made the decision to go ahead and go.

For those of you who don't know, we are taking a big trip traveling around the NW states and visiting some of the National Parks we've always wanted to see. Whenever we have internet access I'm going to try and update the blog with photos and commentary on our trip.

Our flight is about to leave so talk to you soon!

:(

I was wandering around the back part of our yard yesterday and came across this sad sight.

Way back in the spring these little peppers didn't look like they were going to make it. We never bothered to take them out of the cold frame and plant them. They were not watered at all. We forgot all about them. Look closely. They each put on one pepper. For some reason this makes me want to cry. Seriously, I got teary. There they were, trying to survive putting all of their energy into creating one little pepper so the next generation could live on. Such is life.

I think I am way too emotional these days...