Hi all, yes we are back in Montana and loving it!

We slept in a little and then worked on our blog a while before going into Livingston, Montana to check out the town and buy groceries. Livingston is a small picturesque western town. We enjoyed looking around the town.

Then we headed back to drop off our groceries and go see Castle & Linda. We had met them in the spring when we were camping at Lake Fausse Point State Park near St. Martinville, LA, they were escaping the brutal Montana winter and enjoying the LA swamps. In our conversation over a campfire last spring they invited us to their lodge north of Yellowstone Park.

They live near Emigrant, Montana in a very scenic and remote area. They own over 1100 acres on the side of a beautiful mountain. They use to run a lodge called "Castle Lodge" where people would come to vacation. They took people hunting, fishing, rafting and on over night pack trips back in the mountains. They are now retired.

They have a beautiful home with large windows that face an incredible view of the mountains. Their daughter and her children were visiting and we enjoyed getting to know them.

Castle took us on a tour to see his property and the wildflowers were in full bloom. We saw lupine, arrowleaf balsamroot, lockspur, Indian paintbrush and even a flower called "Fairyslippers" which you can see in the picture below. Words cannot express how abundant and beautiful the flowers were…..they were just everywhere you looked! Castle said they had not been like this in quite a few years because of the drought. We felt blessed to have seen this…..it was really beautiful beyond words.

OVERLOOKING MT EMIGRANT (IN THE BACKGROUND)







        FAIRYSLIPPERS (TONI YOU LIKELY KNOW WHAT THESE ARE)


He then took us to see a cabin they are working on in the very back (very remote) part of his property. It is not quite finished, but they can use it now. The view of the mountains is beautiful from this area.

We joined them for dinner. It was delicious. Linda is a great cook. We had Buffalo burgers along with potato salad and a shrimp and noodle salad that was great!

WITH OUR NEW MONTANA FRIENDS....CASTLE AND LINDA!


We enjoyed the day very much, it felt much like we had known them for years. Hopefully we can continue to stay in touch with our new "Montana friends", they enjoy coming to the south (Castle is originally from Shreveport) during the worst part of the Montana winter.

Tuesday we headed out for the West side of Glacier Park. We didn’t get to see it the first part of our trip because of all the snow so we decided to head back. It was about an 8 hr trip back up here. We are staying at Mountain Meadow Campground in Hungry Horse, Montana until Sat. July 5. This is really a nice campground. We are about 9 miles from West Glacier so we will update everyone in a few days.


YEP......MORE WILDFLOWERS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK!









AFTERNOON VIEW FROM OUR CAMPSITE AT "YELLOSTONE EDGE"

OK, WE ARE ON THE WAY BACK TO THE WEST SIDE OF GLACIER NP, SHOULD GET ANOTHER
UPDATE IN A FEW DAYS!
GOD BLESS AND LOVE TO ALL,