What Else is Happening?

I never thought I would be announcing that Bubba and I are going on our very first cruise.  We're very excited about this even though we have always said that we didn't want to be stuck on a ship with a lot of other people.  We mainly want to try the cruise experience because that would be the best way for us to see Alaska which we both want to do.  We've booked a three day cruise to the Bahamas with Carnival Cruise Lines.  Who knows?  It is definitely worth trying.

In September, we will be returning to Montana to visit Glacier National Park.  We will fly into Spokane, WA, and then drive to Kalispell, MT, which is about 30 minutes from the park entrance.  In addition to traveling the Going to the Sun Road, we want to do a scenic float trip on the Flathead River.

We plan to take time to visit the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT and also the National Bison Refuge. 

Airline, rental car and motel reservations are made.  We were spoiled last year by Amy and Darryl handling everything for us; however, we think we can handle this trip since it won't involve huge airports and big cities.

And, we went fishing for the first time this year.  The fish were biting good enough to make it interesting and we had more than we could eat the next day for lunch.  (Nobody fries fish better than Bubba!)  I had wiped good with insect repellent and for some reason it attracted rather than repelled.  The gnats swarmed around my face and neck the whole time we were on the river.  They were so bad that I dreamed they were still swarming all night long  Bubba, who didn't use repellent, seemed not to be bothered by them so much.  I hope that Deep Woods Off never asks me to do a commercial for them!