Everyday this week I will be documenting the events of the previous week in which my brother Patrick and I spent at Glacier National Park with my Dad. We'll take it day-by-day as it happened, just 7 days after the fact.

Saturday September 19, 2009

Our stay in Montana is about complete. Saturday morning we packed and got everything ready to go. To get the blood flowing and muscles stretched, we took a walk around Dad’s property. He’s got several trails (all of them named no less) cut all through his “backyard” with some interesting landmarks.

He has a “campground” all planned out, with an area for a teepee, a firepit, and even an outhouse. He’s already making plans for us to stay out there over night next year. I’m thinking Hannah is going to object to that, but we’ll see.

Daisy next to the trails in Dad's backyard. Taken with iPhone.

Not far from the campground area there was a coyote den. Unfortunately Dad reported that three young coyotes had died there this winter. Some of the remains of one of them cold still be seen on the ground.

Jaw bone and some fur from juvenile coyote. Taken with iPhone.

After about an hour tour, we loaded up the car and headed to the nearby gas station/cafe/ex-post office for a sandwich and huckleberry lemonade before heading to the airport. The flight home seemed much quicker than the one out. Skipping the Salt Lake City stop cut about two hours out of our trip.

I pulled in to the garage at home at 11:16 pm. I would have been home 10 minutes earlier if it had not been a stop for gas. One of my biggest pet peeves - paying with a credit card at a gas pump, but the pump not spitting out a receipt, and then having to go in and wait in line to get the receipt - struck yet again. I waited in line 10 minutes due to a slow cashier, and multiple people in front of me buying cigarettes and lotto tickets. 

So the trip ended on a bit of a sour note, but I had a great time in Montana once again. Stay tuned for the photo gallery I should get posted early next week.