Traveling

Well, I guess it's really summer. We have just made our vacation plans and leave in three weeks for 10 days in Montana. Why Montana? Good question. Apparently, three years ago when we did our Great National Park Adventure, traveling from Utah through part of Idaho, Wyoming and South Dakota John got it into his head that we were going to Montana. We did, technically, when we drove through the Roosevelt Arch into Gardiner, MT while we were staying at Mammoth Hot Springs. We even had a huckleberry ice cream cone there. But John felt cheated. So he's been talking about going to Montana ever since. What does he want to do while we're there? He has no idea. We're going to use Helena as our base and MIGHT drive down to Yellowstone just for a day and then explore around Helena before heading up to Glacier National Park for 3 nights. After that we will go where the spirit moves us (at least right now) depending on the weather.

To be fair, I don't mind going to Montana. I'm really quite excited about seeing the Rocky Mountains and the plains. I've been reading some books that take place in Montana and it will be nice to have some images in my head about what this part of the country is really like. I don't think it's like Connecticut.

I've already started a list of scrapbooking stores in Montana that may be along our routes. I'm planning my layouts of our trip already. I'm hoping that we will get to see some wildlife (a bear would be so cool! We never did see any in Grand Teton or Yellowstone.)