Help planning vacation: Idaho & Montana
Annie Deighnaugh
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Is anyone here from Idaho or Montana?
Comments (18)I live in Missoula, Mt. We have 3 zones; 5 in Big Flat area, 4b-4c in the valley, and 3 in upper Rattlesnake area. My backyard is a 4b, while my front garden bed is 5 (South facing against the house). I grow kale, beets, spinach, swiss chard, radishes, bunching onions, leaf lettuce, peas, green beans & cucumbers from seed, bulb onions from sets, & squash, pumpkin, tomatoes, & peppers from greenhouse plants in my backyard garden. The soil is heavy clay, so I build on top of it by either the "Lasagna" (layered) method or in raised beds using the Ruth Stout "No Dig Gardening" method. I also grow many perennial & annual flowers. We have a great Master Gardener course here that will teach you all you need to know. Email me if you move here; I will be glad to help & welcome you to our beautiful city....See MoreCanadian Rockies Summer Vacation
Comments (24)I've been online for 3 days straight trying to sort this out. We are flying into Calgary (July) & staying 11 nights. Our flight arrives late & we are staying in a hotel near the airport & heading to either Jasper or Glacier National Park, the next morning. Jasper 3 nights, Chateau Lake Louise 2 nights, Glacier National Park, St. Mary's 3 nights & back to Moraine Lake Lodge for 2 nights. I don't have any nights in Banff. I know the Lake Louise & Moraine Lake hotel areas will be packed with people. I'm hoping by staying in on-site hotels we can enjoy less crowds in the mornings & evenings. Are we going to get tired of beautiful scenery? I'm also contemplating rearranging the order - maybe do Glacier first & then Lake Louise or Lake Moraine followed by Jasper & then back to Lake Louise or Lake Moraine....See MorePlanning vacation to ID and MT...advice welcome!
Comments (13)I have only been on this forum today for a question- was unaware it was so diverse! Love all the fun pics and of course scenery! I underdtand you are going to visit Montana. Good choice. I just left Cody Wy recently to Florida due to an injury. Miss it terribly! Also worked at Crow Hospital (RN) when working for Federal Gov't Bureau of Indian Affairs. Little Big Horn is 2 miles south of the hospital. Billings is 45 minutes north. If you go in summer it may be 90 plus degrees at 6,000 feet but the Sun highway will find you with 10 feet of snow along the road. Evenings/nights can be 'cold'. Bring some warm clothes. Same with Top of The World which is between Red Lodge and Cody. Billings is just any ole' town. Nothing special at all. Depending how glamorous you want your lodging to be or if average yet clean is ok you should be fine in most of Montana but closer you are to Yellowstone (any entrance) you will need reservations unless you go after Labor Day-if traveling in an RV you must have reservations- many places in and out of the park are booked a year in advance. Kiss the ground for me please! The biggest bat cave in the world is just north of San Antonio Tx. (Lived there also in winter.) Best season for watching bats is springtime until month of September. Take a small jar of Vicks to put a SMALL dab under your nose if the smell makes you gag. Or a hankerchief damp with Listerine to hold against your nose. Much type of rock layers to look at in that area also but nothing like the Rockies. If you love nature you will love Montana/Wyoming! AND.... do NOT try to get close up pictures of large wildlife. Be prepared if hiking. Be prepared when the large animals are seemingly quiet as your houdecat on a sofa- they can have 'attitude' and sre amazingly fast. These animals, particularly Grizzly (brown bear) elk, moose and bison can and have seriously hurt foolish people. You are in their home, not a zoo. Take lots of pictures. You truly are in God's country....See Morexpost: Planning vacation to ID and MT...advice welcome!
Comments (12)We stayed at this VRBO just outside of West Glacier entrance. It was very nice and convenient for things on the west side of the park though we also drove to the east side which wasn't a big deal. When we went to Yellowstone we stayed in the park because it's so large and I have to say I enjoyed the modern conveniences of the VRBO more than the national park hotels. We had some meals at the Glacier park hotels so we saw them but I think I'm glad I didn't stay in one. DH brought his golf clubs and walked through the back yard of the VRBO to the nearby golf course to play a few times. It is in a little neighborhood and not the middle of no where inside the park. I did watch a black bear walk through the back yard however. West Glacier VRBO. I always do busy National Parks after Labor Day for smaller crowds. In Glacier some things shut down shortly after Labor Day so we went right after. DH says Coeur d’Alene, ID is nice though I’ve never been there....See MoreAnnie Deighnaugh
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