Update from GNP July 18, 2012:
The Going-to-the-Sun Road - between Avalanche Creek and Logan Pass- is anticipated to be closed today and possibly some tomorrow due to the mud and rock slides that happened late yesterday afternoon
What a great celebration it's been this past week with the 61st Annual North American Indian Days in Browning! Tomorrow (Sunday), the Cowboys and Horsemen For Christ Church service will be held at 10:30 in the morning
Most Fridays this summer, members of the Glacier National Park Fund will be hiking one of the trails in Glacier, and you're invited to come along! This week's hike is the Preston Park Trail, which begins just east of Logan Pass. The 6.6-mile round-trip is rated easy to moderate. Click HERE for details on the trail from HikingGlacier.com. Cli
Do you have an old restored farm tractor? Next month (July), our Marias Museum here in Shelby will be presenting exhibits featuring agriculture, and they'll be showing restored farm tractors. There are some real beauties out here in the Golden Triangle
Each Friday during the summer, the Glacier National Park Fund invites local residents and visitors to hike one of Glacier's many trails. This Friday - June 22nd- you'll be hiking the Huckleberry Lookout trail. The trail is 12 miles long and is rated as "
One of the few downsides of living in Montana is the fact that we live so close to so many wonderful places that we sometimes forget to enjoy them ourselves. Be honest- how many times have you heard of an attraction that's within a day's drive and said "Someday
The Gab Man's will be on the Puffman Show this afternoon (Friday) at 4:35 direct from the streets of New York City. Nothing's really "right" in Pete's world. He still doesn't have an apartment and he's holed up in a cheap hotel in New York
You know the how the old saw goes...
While visiting the CM Russell Museum down in Great Falls several weeks back, I came across this most interesting and fascinating read by Joan Stauffer. The book is "Behind Every Man: The Story Of Nancy Cooper Russell" by Joan Stauffer
On most Fridays starting on June 8th through the end of September, staff from the Glacier National Park Fund will be hiking in Glacier National Park.
To check out the complete schedule...CLICK HERE
For more information or to sign up for any of these Friday hikes, call
406-892-3250.
It's Memorial Day weekend and, of course, Memorial Day, at least to me, signifies the "official start of summer". Summer around these parts wouldn't be complete without taking a spin over to Glacier National Park
To show appreciation for those who serve in the U.S. Military, on May 19 – Armed Forces Day – the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin issuing an annual pass offering free entrance for active duty military members
My co-worker Anne James did a great blog this week on National Train Day coming up this Saturday, May 12th. After reading Anne's blog, I decided to put through a call to Marc Magliari out in Chicago. Marc's the media relations manager for Amtrak and he's always a great guest