Travelling Once Again

Well what a busy week it has been. If you didn't notice I havn't had time to blog for the past week. Our friends from Kearney, Andy & Amber, arrived last week on Tuesday afternoon and the fun soon began. I have about a dozen pictures to go along with my blog today so make sure you have a few minutes before you get started.

We did some geocaching when we wern't sitting around and eatting or talking and we managed to keep ourselves busy most of the time and short of sleep all the time! We found around 25 caches in the past week and we now have 679 finds. We are hoping to have 700 by the end of July so hopefully we can find a few more within the next few weeks.

As you can see from the first picture we kept ourselves well fed as well. That's my little travel grill with hamburgers and steaks. It took awhile to get everything cooked up but we had a nice meal.We did some very interesting geocaches as well. You can see Amber and Laura (with the light) getting ready to enter an old mine to find a cache near Missoula. I don't know much about the history of the mine, but it was about 100 feet deep and at about 30 degrees of an angle downward.The girls were a little unsure of the mine, but after we got inside they did much better. They even smiled for a picture.Then we all gathered at the bottom of the mine to take a picture. We had my big light along to light up the cave and I sat it up to shine on the wall - that's not daylight! As you can see, the mine was only about 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. There was water on the walls as well and it made it a little tight, but a lot of fun! After spending the week around Missoula we packed up the car and headed for Glacier National Park. We did some geocaching along the way, as usual, and had a lot of fun going through the park. Laura and I stopped for a picture near the end of the day.When we arrived at the top of Logan Pass we found some Mountain Goats grazing next to the road so we made sure to take a few pictures. Check out the little guy!We went around the corner to the visitor center on the top of the pass and as we arrived in the parking lot this is what we saw! Another goat coming down the mountain side.
We then went on to Canada. We camped East of Cardston, Alberta at a primative camping ground called Woolford. It was a little tricky getting to the camp ground, not to mention just getting into Canada, but we found our way. Cardston is basically at the edge of the mountains and the praire. There was wheat growing in the fields and the mountain were on the horizon. It was a really neat place and it is somewhere I could see Laura and I being very happy to live - too bad it has to be in Canada and not closer to Nebraska....
A little later the sun was setting in the Northwest and we had to take pictures of the sunset because it was gorgeous! Once we arrived back at the campground Laura and Amber decided to light our citronella candles and try to fight off the mosquitoes. Andy and I decided that they didn't know how to use the candles correctly because they started trying to burn the mosquitoes that were flying around.
And for a bonus picture, look at the matches we bought in Canada! They are Canadian matches and look where they are made! Product of the U.S.A.
We didn't have any trouble getting back into the United States from Canada. That was nice because we sure got questioned, which is good, but there is always that feeling that they won't let you back into the country. It was nice to get back home after our trip and relax a few minutes.

As of now, Andy and Amber are on the road and making their way back to Nebraska while we prepare for Laura to leave for her multi-state trip with her mom beginning on Friday. Until again

-=Nolan=-