Douglas, Wyoming

The Birthplace of the "Jackalope"

The first white man to see this singular fauna specimen was a trapper, George McLean in 1829. When he told of it later he was promptly denounced a liar. An odd trait of the Jackalope is its ability to imitate the human voice. Cowboys singing to their herds at night have been startled to hear their lonsemone melodies repeated faithfully from some nearby hillside. The phantom echo comes from the throat of some Jackalope. They sing only on dark nights before a thunderstorm. Those who know them best discount stores that they sometimes get together and sing in chorus!

Everywhere we went in town, we found a Jackalope ~ at the RV park!

Downtown at the City Park!

Even at Railroad Park and the old depot!


Anne posing with one of the Jackalopes.

Chris posing with the footprints left by a really huge Jackalope.

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument - "Custer's Last Stand"
South of Billings, Montana
Date of Battle was June 25 & 26, 1876

"Last Stand Hill" where Custer & 41 of his men were killed

Headstones mark where they were killed

Butte, Montana
Famous for old copper mines and historical buildings in the "hill" area of town


Our Lady of the Rockies is located on top of the Continental Divide at 8,510 feet overlooking Butte, Montana. The nondenominational 90 ft. steel statue is dedicated to all women, especially mothers. The project began 12/29/79 and was placed on site 12/20/85.

Same view, only with the zoom lens. Tours are conducted to the base of the statue.

Patrol cabin in North Glacier. Note the barbed wire on the window and nails protruding from the cabin door. There is another door inside for the rangers.

Avalance Lake Hike - 5 miles round trip

Waterfall and creek cut through narrow ravine

Avalance Lake and 4 waterfalls

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it......does it make a sound?

After raining all day last Wednesday, we went for a drive and saw this outstanding rainbow. You could see the entire rainbow from one end to the other. I merged two pictures together to get the whole view.

We couldn't find the "pot of gold" at either end!

This guy stopped and posed for us.


Does this mean us or the bear?


Sign posted along an unusually dusty road where cabins are in the forest.


Guess this means no leash laws for the local dogs!

Hmmmmm - looks like a brownie cookie or a chocolate cookie. It is a little big though. What do you think this is?

We drove to the northern part of Glacier Nat'l Park, which is in Canada. The area is called the Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park. It was very easy crossing the border. The Canadian customs agent took our passports but never looked at them. Waterton is a beautiful area. A very small town with lots of the usual gift shops.
The most awe inspiring place is the Prince of Wales Hotel that was built in the 1900's to draw people to the area after the Northern Pacific Railroad was built. To get to the hotel in the 1900's, the "wealthy" guests would take the train to East Glacier then either ride by horseback or stagecoach. The railroad built many chalets and hotels at various locations in the park to draw tourists.

This is a cow moose we saw along the river in Glacier Nat'l Park. It was about 7:00 p.m. She was on the run and crossed the river quickly. She seemed to have a hard time climbing up the steep side of the hill to cross the road.

A moose is one of my favorite animals (next to Labrador Dogs). Just look at that snout, ears and those legs!

These are bighorn ewes and lambs that were in the town of Waterton, Canada walking along the sidewalk and in the street. They carefully crossed the road at an intersection and posed for pictures for quite some time.

Hi from rainy Hungry Horse, Colorado. It rained all evening & night on Monday, all day on Tuesday and off and on today.

We went for a drive last evening after dinner to look for wildlife and saw this doe who was standing on the porch of an old house in the middle of a meadow. It appeared the doe was coming for a visit but no one was home!

Hmmmm - what do you think Sasha got into? Not a skunk or grizzly. How about rolling in cow dung and not just any cow dung, it had to be the mushy stuff. Needless to say, she got a bath and dog deoderizer!

The Hidden Lake Overlook is quite popular for seeing mountain goats. There were about 10 in the area when we arrived. They are very good at posing for pictures.



This little guy was a real ham and would run from rock to rock posing for pictures.