TP's Mom and Dad visit!!!

Yippee! What a fun week for me! Mom and Dad were here the end of June and I tried to show them as much fun and surrounding sights as possible. The first two days they were here we spent in Glacier NP. My parents hadn't been there for 20 yrs and when they were there 20 yrs ago they only were able to drive the Going to Sun Road. So we made the camp with us!!

Here we are ready to go in the am:

Mom and Dad hiking Avalanch Creek hike:

Avalanche Lake:

All of us:

The next day, June 26th, was the first day the Going to the Sun Road was open to Logan Pass due to snow and contruction. Here's some shots of us playing in the snow at the Pass!

A parting video of silly Erik:

.... a few more Glacier pics in the next post. It will be soon I promise!!

Hike up Mt Sentinel

Hey folks! We're behind on blogging again. No matter how much I beg and plead Erik just "forgets" to do the posting ! So I'm back again. Here's pics from a hike we did in June. We hiked up past the "M" (the hike by the university campus that we've mentioned before) and went all the way to the top of Mt Sentinel (we did this earlier this year also) and then down the backside towards Hellgate Canyon. Here's some of the photos:

The Peters at the top.I-90 going west at the top, you can also see alittle bit of the Clark Fork River and of course downtown Missoula:The streets of Missoula from the top:This is Mt. Jumbo from the top. We live right over there. If you look close at Mt. Jumbo along the sides you'll notice what looks like water or beach lines. That's exactly what it is. A bunch of years ago in the glacier age there was a Lake Missoula that was huge. Read more about it here:.Until next posting!

skipping rocks

More of our trip to Glacier.

Do you all ever get sick of seeing pictures of our trips to Glacier?? I hope not because we love to share them. The Going to the Sun road wasn't open yet adn that really gets to the heart of the park. We camped at Hungry Horse Resevoir and Dam. It was FULL of mosquitos but when you grow up in MN they don't bother you all that much. Plus bug spray with 18% Deet helps! Here's some picks from our weekend outing with Ginger.

Look at the kids skipping rocks on Flathead Lake.

Picture of Hungry Horse Dam:

Ginger and Erik in front of dam:

Tonya and Ginger near Avalanche Creek in Glacier NP:

ERik in the evening by the reservoir:

A video of us near one of the falls on McDonald Creek in Glacier NP. The water was running fast and loud! A picture did not do it justice.

Thanks for stopping by today. A few more pics in next post.

A Visitor!

We had a visitor last weekend! Ginger, Erik's aunt from Arizona, came up for a visit. We had a very good time giving her a tour of some of the best sites in the area.

Her first day we took her to the National Bison Range, which you may remember from here. We had a great day for travelling and sight seeing. Here's a few pics:

Ginger and Erik

Arrowleaf Balsamroot and Mountains

Ginger and Tonya

Buffalo

They just had calving season and this guy was the closest to the road

Yellow headed blackbird:

Pretty view of the mountains:

Stop by later for our trip to Glacier with Ginger!