northwest Montana
Visited: August 29, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 85 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
1,000,000 acres of Montana wilderness. The numerous ruggedly steep U-shaped canyons that the Park is famous for were created by centuries of glacial erosion. Glacier NP lies at an ecological crossroads and boasts a dazzling diversity of plant life, birds and [...]
Archive for August, 2004
Glacier National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Glacial Lakes, Glaciers, Hiking, Montana, Rocky Mountains, Wilderness, Wildlife on August 29, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Great Falls, Mont.
Visited: August 28, 2004
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
United States Forest Service Website; Virtual Tour via Great Falls Tribune
WHAT IS IT?
5,500 square feet of permanent exhibits that attempt to explain Lewis and Clark’s entire 1804-1806 journey.
BEAUTY (3/10)
The Center’s building is a modern, beautiful use of space. It overlooks the Missouri River, which [...]
Yellowstone National Park – Central
Posted in National Parks, tagged Wyoming on August 25, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Madison Junction, Norris, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Canyon Village, Yellowstone Falls
northwest corner of Wyoming
Visited: August 25, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 84 of 353
NPS Website
Yellowstone National Park is a diverse natural wonderland roughly twice the size of the state of Delaware.
Because of the Park’s immense size and staggering variety of experiences, we have broken our Yellowstone [...]
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Crow Agency, Mont.
Visited: August 21, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 82 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The Site of the infamous and immortalized Last Stand of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer.
BEAUTY (3/10)
Little Bighorn Battlefield looked nothing like what we had always imagined. Michael is not sure why he had always imagined canyons in Montana. The landscape consists [...]
Pompey’s Pillar National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
near Billings, Mont.
Visited: August 21, 2004
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
A sandstone butte alongside the Yellowstone River whose definitive feature is the graffiti signature of William Clark, one-half of the Lewis and Clark team. His autograph is only remaining physical evidence along the trail.
BEAUTY (5/10)
The mesa is impressive as is [...]
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Posted in National Recreation Area, tagged Canyons, Dam, Wyoming on August 21, 2004 | 1 Comment »
south-central Montana and north-central Wyoming
Visited: August 21, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 83 of 353
NPS Website
We spent so little time at Bighorn NRA that we cannot fairly offer you a full review.
The best things about Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area were the Indian tacos we ate in Crow Agency, Mont. before our stop and our night in [...]
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2004 | 1 Comment »
near Harrison, Nebr.
Visited: August 19, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 80 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Area from which fossilized remnants of a Miocene Era (23 million years ago) savannah ecosystem have been unearthed.
BEAUTY (3/10)
Just rolling hills of wavy grass.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE (8/10)
20 million years ago, the Nebraska panhandle strongly resembled the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania and Kenya. Just [...]
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Fort Laramie, Wyo.
Visited: August 18, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 79 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Perhaps the most fabled of all the American West frontier forts. Fort Laramie played a vital part in every stage of the West’s development. The Site exists of a mixture of the Fort’s original buildings. The NPS have beautifully restored [...]
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged Caldera, Ladybugs, New Mexico, Volcano on August 14, 2004 | 1 Comment »
near Capulin, N.Mex.
Visited: August 14, 2004
Second Visit: August 24, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 78 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
A 1,082 foot high cinder cone formed by a volcanic eruption some 60,000 years ago.
BEAUTY (8/10)
The Capulin Volcano sits in a now dormant field of volcanic activity. It is astounding to stand along the Volcano’s rim [...]
