Picture Post!! Family Day Trip to the USA

On Thursday, February 14th, Duane and I took off for a little vacation! We were both blessed with FIVE days off work at the SAME TIME, and I'd been wanting to go on a road trip for awhile, so we quickly planned a trip down south! After running a few errands around town first, Duane and I hit the road to Montana. We had recently had a lot of snow, but the roads were excellent...initially. Eventually they got quite sketchy (mostly once we were across the border!), but Duane handled it like a pro. There were times, once we crossed the border, when the highway got down to ONE LANE because the snowbanks were so huge! Apparently we chose a good time to go because, for the 4 or 5 days prior, they had had the highway closed around St. Mary! They had only recently cut the road out with snowplows and cutters; the snowbanks were freaking huge! There were also spots where the wind was blowing snow over the snowdrifts and it made it tough to see where we were going, but we had fun! We even turned on the local radio station...which was country (go figure!), and sang along! Here are a few of the shots from our trip...the rest still have to be edited (I had two cameras).

The inside of our cabin in Hungry Horse, MT
One of the peaks we could see during our snowshoe outingDuane breaking trail through the treesOur view of the mountain range through the treesThe river running alongside our trailDuane nearing the end of our trail at the waterfallThe waterfall (or part of it!)Back on the trail on our way out, there were deer at the mouth of the lakeAnd again, the mountainsA picture taken of us by some overly-friendly touristsLake MacDonaldToby!! One of the resident dogs at the Tamarack LodgeFrozen geyser seen on our way through the KootenaysMollie!! Carene and Dave's little girl :)Margaret Falls, Tappen, BCGroup shot!Sunset on the on the frozen lake on our way back to Salmon ArmI think Mollie was pooped after our nice, long walk!The mountains seen from the rest stop at Roger's Pass, BCSun setting on the mountain topsThought this was a neat texture shot of the mountains!
Well, there's plenty more to come, but I think I might have to make a second post once they're all edited!
Stay tuned...

~K~