Archive for category Travel
Longwood Gardens
On the final day of our trip east, Trisha’s sister’s family took us to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, a magnificent garden estate developed principally by Pierre S. du Pont. It’s a stunningly beautiful setting with acres and acres of trees, ornamental shrubs, fountains and an enormous conservatory.
Waterlily
Bandon Dunes Sunset
Bandon Dunes is a fabulous place for golf but it also offers some spectacular sunsets.
Off to Bandon Dunes
Inspired by several solid rounds of golf around soggy North Bend I was anxious for some better course conditions. I headed south to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on the Oregon Coast, one of my favorite golfing destinations. Here’s my golf companion, Ron Hillis, near the first tee at the Bandon Dunes course contemplating tomorrow’s first round.
Skagit River Eagles
We finally made a trek to US Route 2 along the Skagit River to see the bald eagles. It was a bit early in the season but we did see several of the majestic critters perched in the trees and flying over the river in search of salmon.
On the way back we took route 530 along the Sauk River where I got these misty view of forest and river.
Sauk River
Back from New Mexico Golf
This past week I got together with two brothers-in-law for a few days of golf around Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM. I played the Paa-Ko Ridge and Black Mesa courses I had visited in 2008 and also got in two rounds at the University of New Mexico course. All three were superb. We had great weather on Tuesday and Wednesday but our Thursday round at Black Mesa was cut short by a rain shower accompanied by winds gusts of over 40 mph.
Paa Ko Ridge – 12th Hole
Whew! We Just Missed the SD Blizzard
Wall, SD, Oct. 4
Well, maybe not “just missed” but we were in Wall, SD 18 days ago and the temperature was in the low 80’s. Today there’s a blizzard covering the entire Black Hills and I-90 is closed between Wall and Sheridan, WY a stretch we drove as late as September 12.
Related articles
- Snow buries SD, Wyo., as storms threaten Midwest (themorningsun.com)
- I-90 Blizzard Hammers S. Dakota, Wyoming (theepochtimes.com)
Home Again
The drive home from Kalispell was super easy; just 488 miles in perfect weather and beautiful scenery over the first 100 miles of so to I-90 . Even got home in time to watch the UW football game. After covering 1,108 miles on the first two days the rest of the trip was pretty easy with our total miles driven at 3,408.
Glacier National Park
We finally made it. After living just eight hours away from Glacier for eighteen years we finally visited this iconic park. The scenery is fantastic;. even this time of the year when the water flows are at their lowest. We had a great day. We spent an hour or so walking the Trail of the Cedars path. At Logan Pass we had a leisurely lunch seated on a big flat boulder, gazing at majestic Mount Reynolds in the distance. On the return direction we even spotted a couple of bears cavorting on the cliffs.
Glacier National Park
Bozeman to Kalispell
One of our shortest driving days: just 311 miles from Bozeman to Kalispell. We had time to check in at the Best Western and take a short trip into Glacier National Park before nightfall. Looking forward to full exploration tomorrow. This Best Western was a real surprise: a very nice motel and we had a huge room with a balcony, fireplace and whirlpool tub.
Our room was at the top left
Spearfish Canyon
Since we only had a 400-mile drive today to get to Bozeman, MT, we decided to spend a bit of time in the morning driving the Spearfish Canyon scenic byway, a twenty-mile stretch due south of Spearfish. It was still another lovely drive along Spearfish Creek with views of the steep canyon walls and numerous waterfalls. It made for a very relaxing start to the day and we ended up spending well over two hours in the Canyon. Here’s a very short video of some of our photos.
Roughlock Falls
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