Funeral and Cousins

We saw lots of family over the

weekend for the funeral

of Uncle Ken. 

Friday night there were many stories

shared. 

Saturday, at the funeral, a picture

of the cousins was captured (this would

be Uncle Ken's children and the children of

his two siblings).

So my hubby's cousins.

The last time they were all together

may have been in 2009 for

their Grandma Grace's funeral.

Fall

Our maple tree / bush is turning

 These two ~ are pretty good pals!

Alot of Rain

Last Saturday, we finally got some

rain (a little bit anyways).

And then Sunday, the gates

really opened up! 

5 1/2" and it continued to rain ~ that

amount of moisture causes the

water to start running.

We usually only have running water

in the pasture when the snow melts.

By 10:40 pm we had 6 1/2" and

then over a 1/2" in the next day = 

crazy amount of water.

We will take it, the trees and grass are

loving it!

Fall Colors

A trail ride up to the Smoky

Hills on Saturday.

There is some color there.

We had gotten a good 1/2" of rain so

there was no dust.

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Then after that we really got a lot of rain

9/24 by 11 pm we had gotten

over 6" of rain.

Deer in the Woods

We are heading into

Fall, the fawns are growing.

and the deer are moving around.

The fall colors are really coming

on and the deer are getting darker.

Pumpkin Patch and ...

Once we got home it was time to

start wrapping up the garden.

Some of the zucchini went wild while

we were gone   :) 

The potatoes had just been

harvested so it was real easy

to grab a few.

there should be enough for 

bean soup.

And the pumpkin patch ~ I had

some helpers (which was a good

thing).   The weeds got out of hand

this year so we really had to search

for the orange.... and a few

watermelons

The pumpkins were all pretty small

this year but that is ok, they will

be fine for decorating. 

We had a few watermelon and then I

found quite a few later when 

cleaning up the vines. 

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There are still a few pepper plants in

garden, they will be coming out soon.

The rhubarb plants are drying down

and

the strawberry plants, well I still have

strawberries coming.  I will be 

working on the rest of the garden

soon ~ fall is here.

Rest In Peace

 We were home just a day or so and

we got a call that Hubby's Uncle Ken had

passed away.

We had thought about this Uncle

        quite a bit while on our road

trip.   His elk hunting trips were to

the outback areas on the edge of Montana

into Idaho.  (we weren't far from some

of that area).

        Uncle Ken ponying our horse Rusty.

~~~~~

My hubby was very fortunate that

Uncle shared this world of adventures

with him.   Their hunting was done

with horses.  There are sooo many stories.

        Hubby

~~~~~

I was also fortunate since hubby took

me with on this adventure during the

summer of 2001.    We packed in

14 miles.  I am thankful that I was

able to capture some of the area

of these adventures.

                              Uncle Ken helped us prepare for

our summer adventure.

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Connections were made and

one of our young horses went 

full-time as pack horse with a friend

of Uncle Ken's. The horse, Snuffy, lived

the rest of his days there in the mountains.

Another horse, Rusty (who we still

have) spent some summers in the

mountains packing.  The best

training a horse could have!

~~~~~

So many stories ~  Rest in Peace Uncle

Ken, the adventure is now all yours free

of pain.  Rest High on Those Mountains!

Good To Be Home

 Vacation is good ~ we both commented

we "didn't think about work".   Now that

is a good thing!

Life at home was all good ~ no

emergencies.

We had a good weekend home getting

settled back in and now back to work.

The dogs were really happy to see us ~

they spent 7 nights at the boarders ~ we

heard they did well!   Teeter was besides

herself with excitement.

And all ready to go anywhere in

the side-by-side.

We had a couple of check ins during

the week to feed

the cat and check on everything.

And a good babysitter sending me

a daily report

This was a great idea ~ daughter

recommended it.   A handy little tripod

for the cellphone and you can use the

camera (it even has a remote) so

it worked really well!

(much better than a selfie)

and then you can edit the 

picture ~ I wish pictures with

a cellphone were more like

a picture with a camera.  I wonder

if there is a filter out there? 

Another thing is I find that cell

phone pictures don't reproduce

very well.

Glacier National Park (Part 2)

From Babb, MT we headed back into

the park on a dirt road along

Lake Sherburne. 

to the Many Glacier area.

The hotel had just closed the day

we visited  but

the parking lot was mostly full.

We found a spot and headed out

to take a look at this area. 

The Many Glacier area is listed as the top

thing to do in Glacier.   The hotel was

built by the Great Northern Railway

in 1914.

and it is pretty stunning.   There were

some renovations done in 2016.

Hiking is very popular ~ as you look out,  I 

wonder how many people are out there

on the trails?

On our drive drive back down the Going To 

The Sun Road the traffic was stopped ~

this Bighorn Sheep was close to the

road (eventually he came up on the road

and then turned around).

The Going To The Sun Road took most

of the day.   We didn't see many things

because of full parking lots ie:  lodges.  We saw

one of the Visitor Centers.

We had planned two days in the park but unless

you hike or add alot more time and go to

the Canadian part of the park there is really

just the Going to the Sun Road. 

It is beautiful ~ I purchased a book that

has lot of the history on the book.  So far

it is quite interesting.

Glacier National Park (Part 1)

There was some road construction heading

into the park ~ so dirt roads, they kept it

watered down so a little bit muddy and

many others heading into the park

with us.

The scenery was beautiful!

The Three Arches

Wild Goose Island resides in Saint

Mary Lake ~ there is a popular pullout

in the park where you can see the island.  They say 

it is the most photographed part 

of the park (that could

be because the visitor center and

other pullouts have people and signs 

indicating the lots are full.   This pullout had

plenty of room to get out, sit and 

view the scenery. 

It is beautiful! 

We saw waterfalls and glaciers

from afar. 

We went into one of the Visitor Centers

which was at the top of the Going To The

Sun Road ~ St. Mary Visitor Center

It was packed, we got lucky and

found a parking spot.   The center

was busy ~ the theme here at

Glacier is hiking.  The majority of the

park is for back country hiking. 

There are many trails and we could

have done some of them but we

had not researched and

prepared for that (not fans of 

meeting an ol' grizzly bear).

We originally had not planned to

come to the park because of the

reservation requirement ~ then just

before we headed out on our trip we

found out that reservations end 

just before we would arrive.

We headed out of the park north

to Babb MT (we were 14 miles from

the US / Canada border.

Did you know part of Glacier Park

is in Canada and it is known as

Waterton Lakes National Park?

We didn't make it that far north

but maybe another trip.