Ruffin' It ! Day 3 - Checkin' out the Big Arm!

We left the magnificent Glacier National Park, and headed back toward our camp site.

But first we stopped into Whitefish, MT, where mom and dad got lunch at

The Great Northern Brewing Company. 

Look, they named a beer after my road:

Then we had to feed the truck, so we stopped here:

Ah HAH!  I KNEW there were dinosaurs out here!  I can smell 'em!

(despite these dinosaurs being everywhere in MT, the gas prices sure weren't cheap)

We got back to our beeyouteeful campground, Big Arm.

That's Wild Horse Isand out there.  I hear there really are wild horsies there (and I bet dinosaurs, too!)

We got back to our campsite and guess what we saw!!

A dinosaur...IN A TREE!!!!

ZOINKS!  That's no dinosaur!  That's a ZOMBIE!!!

Not to worry.  I mustered up my most terrifying zombie-be-gone look:

That's right, Mr. Zombie.  Just stay right up there in that tree!

...and he did!  Man, what would mom and dad do without me?!?!

That night, mom was THRILLED that we got a Montana thunder storm, the kind with that great thunder that rumbles on forever.

She didn't think quick enough to get a video, but here's one she found on youtube. 

The good stuff starts about :40.

That was the end of Day 3.  It was quite the long day. 

Stay tuned for Day 4 - Final Day at Big Arm

Ruffin' It ! Day 3 - Glacier National Park

After a hearty breakfast (finally!), I settled into the truck for the nap drive up to Glacier National Park.

We made the long drive around the lake, which was very big and blue.  Look how big the sky is!  No wonder it's Big Sky Country!

...and for those of you who think Montana still has no speed limits:

Mom didn't do a very good job of getting a picture of the sign, but here we are at the entrance.  The lines were surprisingly short.

The nice man gave us some information about the park, including a map, and

.....whh...whh...whhaatt's this!?!

Hey!!!  I didn't sign up for any crazy bear encounters!  MOM!!!!!!

Oh...that's just if we run across any.  Hmmm.  I guess that's ok.

The views at Glacier were spectacular.

This one's amazing:

I found a rock to pose on for mom.

Look at me!!!  I'm King of the Mountain.  Lord of the 'Going to the Sun' Road!



Hmmm...  what was that noise?!?!

Let's go dad!!!!   There's bear in them thar hills!!!!!

Yikes!!!

Stay tuned for Day 3  -  Checkin' out the Big Arm

(Day 3 was a REALLY LONG day!)