I have nothing meaningful to report other than that I'm still injured and now seemingly puttering around Stony Creek and Guilford Town Green for a pathetic 6 minutes at a time. I don't know that I'd go as far as to call this progress, but it is nice to be moving on my two feet with purpose again.
Also, we're back from Montana, where we spent a week in various locations (Missoula, Bozeman, and Cooke City). We ventured into various National Parks and Forests (the Forests are so much nicer than the Parks, in my opinion) and took 3,762 pictures (i.e., a lot but likely not that many), all of which can be seen on Facebook. It'd be well worth your time to take a peak.
Highlights of trip:
1. Being in bear country (knowing that Grizzlies are lurking out there somewhere is pretty thrilling); the folks of Cooke City (pop. 133) were rather alarmist about the Grizzlies (perhaps because of the recent Grizzly-related deaths so close to home...)
2. Bozeman
3. Several mile and vertical feet hike (pain-free) in Gallatin National Forest; iced in the creek at the top
4. Swimming the crystal clear waters from the pebble beaches of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park
5. Beartooth Pass
6. Yellowstone National Park (not really a highlight, but feel need to mention; not at all what it's cracked up to be; touristy); lots of Buffalo, Mule Deer, Black Bears, etc.; not too exciting
4 comments:
Hang in there while you get back to running form. I know it must be frustrating not to be able to do what you could!
Sounds like you had a good trip. I do love Bozeman. However, I feel like I need to defend my beloved Yellowstone. When we were living out there last summer, I made probably 5 or 6 trips to Yellowstone. I agree that it CAN be touristy. We found it to be quite pleasant if we went early and left before lunch, or went late and avoided the Old Faithful entirely. The Lamar Valley at 5:30am is not touristy at all; we even spotted 2 wolves!
Lamar was nice--a sea of Buffalo. There was a bear jam there, I believe. Someone spotted a Grizzly and people were stopping/pulling over left and right to see it through their binoculars.
Hey, are you going to be spending next summer in Bozeman?
haha, Ryan the National Park snob :D
I got to hang out with Dan Vanderpool for the rest of the day Sunday and he said if we come back he'd like to take us around on some hikes/kayak rides in the Missoula area.
My highlight from Montana is NOT throwing up during the marathon (or after). and then getting on an 11hr overnight bus ride to Seattle with a bunch of rowdy stoned youngsters.
Vanderpool is a good shit. We'll have to go back soon.
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