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throwback thursday ( august 30, 2017 )

throwback thursday ( august 30, 2017 )

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parks parks parks

It’s been a hot summer, so we’ve avoided all parks. It’s starting to cool off this week, which meant today was the perfect day to cross off some parks. I don’t think we’ll make it to all the parks this year since school starts on

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kids bowl free

I signed the girls up to bowl free all summer. With all the nice weather the last couple months I couldn’t bring myself to take them bowling... indoors. Today it was chilly and rainy. Emma bowled a couple frames without the ramp. Then she realized she could knock down

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home sweet home

We pulled into our driveway after 10 PM last night. Olivia tried to make it to the end. She even took her dress off as a last ditch effort to keep herself awake, but a mile from home she finally fell asleep. Today it was cleaning, laundry, a car wash

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closer to home

We pulled into our campground last night after 10 PM. This morning we had two options (1) make a 10 hour push for home, or (2) split our 10 hours into 2 days. We chose option 1 and away we went. We made a quick stop at a scenic overlook

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heading home

This morning we started the long 3 day / 1,200 mile trek home. To stretch our legs we stopped at the wildlife museum in Chinook, MT. Walking back to the bus the girls stopped to climb rocks and admire the fountain. We stopped for dinner in Glasgow, MT. I heard

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running eagle falls, glacier national park

Our second day of hiking took us to Two Medicine area of the park to see a waterfall. This was a much easier hike than the day before. We didn’t see any animals, but we saw lots of butterflies. On the list of waterfalls I’ve seen, this is

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logan pass, glacier national park

We made it! We had to change our plans because of the wildfires, but we still made it to Glacier National Park.... and we brought snacks. We drove up the Going to the Sun road to Logan Pass. This was as far as we could go since the road past

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st. mary, mt

We haven’t had internet or cell phone coverage for a couple days... so it’s catch up day on the website! On Tuesday it was time to get back on the road again. Just a short 3 hour drive through the mountains to the east side of Glacier National

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throwback thursday ( august 23, 2017 )

throwback thursday ( august 23, 2017 )

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polson, mt

We took a day off from traveling to sightsee. First stop was Flathead Lake. When I first planned our trip I really wanted to stay at a campground along the lake. Today was super windy, so the lake was really choppy. That didn’t stop the girls from wanting to

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lakeside, mt

When we got to Butte Emma kept begging to go on a hike. Before we left the next morning we took the girls on a hike and fed some ducks. It was Olivia’s first time feeding ducks at a duck pond. Our plan was to drive 3 hours to