Pat Gordon, Rest in Peace

Pat was such a character. Good-bye good friend. See you in the next world, if there is one.

Glacier Nat'l Park, Montana

We saw goats and animals that resembled a squirrel/prarie dog mix. We were warned a lot about bears but did not see any. We saw very little snow.

Kalispell, Montana

We arrived in Montana in search of the dental floss tycoon and Neil Young's buffalo herd. Our RV park is on a river 30 miles from the West entrance to Glacier Nat'l Park. Today Glacier Park has a snow advisory for 7000 feet+. This morning is a chilly 43 degrees.

Pat Gordon

We are thinking about our good friend.

Leaving Packwood, WA

We found a remote, hidden lake high in the mountains in route to Packwood Lake. Packwood Lake is a 4.5 mile hike from its parking lot (good thing we have dirt bikes to get us there). This morning we leave for Idaho in route to Montana. As I type (at dawn), an elk is in view eating breakfast (grass).

Mt. St. Helens, WA

From Packwood, we drove about 40 miles to the East side of Mt. St. Helens. While the volcano erupted in 1980, the area is still visaby marked. We saw what looked like steam still escaping from St. Helens. From single St. Helens viewpoints, we could see four separate snow-capped mountains; St. Helens, Rainier, Hood and Adams.

Northwestern Exposure

Tame elk are in residence and abundant around the Packwood RV Park.