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Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains – Access Denied

We’d been through some gorgeous locations in northern Idaho during 2020 (idaho bucke list link here, bike Hiawatha Trail here and more Idaho here) but had planned in the summer of 2021 to cut through the Bitterroot Mountains like…

Scenic Cycling

BOULDER’S BIG ADVENTURE AND BILLINGS

After knocking the rust off his fly fishing gear in Ennis (post here), we traveled through Livingston, MT on our way to Big Timber and the Boulder River for more fishing. We stopped for an afternoon in Livingston, whose…

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FISHING THE MADISON PRODUCES QUOKKA LEVEL SMILES

We were now on a tight timeline to get to Ennis, MT to fish the Madison river with the Miller side of my family.  Doug and Google located a “shortcut” that meant seemingly endless miles of rough dirt road,…

Boondock With Bailey

BOONDOCKING DENIED

From Holland Lake we had 2 days to make our way to Ennis, MT and on day 1, for the first time, we were denied a boondocking spot!  We started the morning with a leisurely walk near Seeley Lake,…

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MONTANA AT ITS BEST

Since our stay at Hungry Horse Reservoir didn’t go quite as expected, water therapy seemed like the cure. Is it the sound of water, the reflection within or its dance with the sky that so readily puts a smile…

Boondock With Bailey

HUNGRY HORSE – A LASTING IMPRESSION

My younger sister was blessed with a great sense of humor, gorgeous hair, the ability to transform herself from good looking to full on bombshell through makeup, and a keen eye for fashion at bargain basement prices.  She’s also…

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THE HOLY GRAIL

Like kids the night before Christmas, we had trouble sleeping in anticipation of our trip to Glacier National Park – the Holy Grail of US National Parks and a supposed hiker’s paradise!  Glacier was established in 1910 and contains…

Boondock With Bailey Travel

WILD AND SCENIC MONTANA

Over the next few days we took a more relaxed approach and more conventional roads as we made our way towards Glacier National Park in northern Montana.  We stopped often to photograph picturesque mountain scenes in the Lolo National…

Scenic Cycling

HIAWATHA TRAIL

13 miles of cycling is nothing for Doug so our relaxed ride in Coeur d’Alene (see our review here) was followed by a 22 mile round trip ride on the scenic Hiawatha Trail (www.ridethehiawatha.com) . Leaving Coeur d’Alene in…