Josh, Julane, and the route of the Hiawatha

It was awesome to spend some time with Josh and Julane

recently.  They were in Wyoming site seeing and 

came to Montana to bless us with their presence.  It was only a short

time, but it was great to see familiar faces.

While they were here, we biked the route of the Hiawatha.

First off, it has nothing to do with the Indians!  The Hiawatha was a train

  The route is now a bike trail that starts in Montana and ends in Idaho.

There are several tunnels including a 2 mile tunnel at the beginning that you

must ride through.  Mind you...there are no lights in the tunnel.  You must

bring light with you, but it is really dark AND cold.

There are also several trestles or bridges.

FYI...it is also almost 15 miles each way and FYI...you cannot bike it in an hour or two.

It is an all day project.

It was rainy on and off, but here are some of the sights.

My green shoes...

A yittle chipmunk...

We saw lots of wild animal "poop" or as the locals call it "scat" but no

major animal sightings on the trip.

However, did see this moose a few weeks ago.  It was feeding in a swampy area

near the highway.

We saw a black bear last week, BUT MY CAMERA BATTERY WAS DEAD!

So sad...other animal sightings...bison on the National Bison Range.

Scary animals...

A few pictures from a recent hike...

The white tufted flower is called bear grass...they (THE BEARS) love it!

Got a new camera, so hoping pictures will be better in the future.

We are headed to Canada tomorrow for a day trip.

Have more pictures...til then.

Love to all