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Missoula to Challis Hot Springs

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A Carousel for Missoula
A Carousel for Missoula

We had planned to just ride the carousel in Missoula and move on, but I discovered there was a convenient Holiday Inn downtown that had a pool for the kids, accepted dogs and I had points for a free night.  I signed up for an IHG credit card before we left on this trip and got enough points for 4 – 5 free hotel nights.  The challenge is to find places that both accept points for free nights and allow dogs.  Taking a shower and sleeping in a bed after camping and hiking always feels luxurious.  I’ll be curious to see what our ratio of tent nights to hotel nights will be for this trip. So far 3 nights camping to 1 night in a hotel. Continue reading Missoula to Challis Hot Springs →

Three Nights of Camping: To Sleep or not to Sleep

Mexico Here We Come,
The girls are up with the sun no matter how late they stay up. Ubu not so much
The girls are up with the sun no matter how late they stay up. Ubu not so much

So far camping is working out pretty well.  There is the possible exception of sleeping though.  We’re all still getting used to sleeping with 4 people and a dog in a tent when the kids have only ever really known having lots of space in quiet rooms for an extended period of time to sleep. I sleep pretty well anywhere, and Geneveve seems to have picked that up from me for the most part except the first night was so exciting and it stays light so late that she didn’t go to bed early.  However, Xena is adapting a lot more slowly, costing Kim more sleep than anyone.  Xena’s been waking up screaming every couple hours and has to sleep on top of Kim to keep her quiet for any period of time.  However, the 3rd night Xena slept without any screaming so that I actually woke up at 4 AM wondering why I hadn’t been awakened yet. Continue reading Three Nights of Camping: To Sleep or not to Sleep →

Country Living in Montana

Before the Trip,
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The construction crew for this particular weekend

We’ve spent most of the past week visiting our friends Laura and Eric near Whitefish Montana.  This will be the last week I’m working before my two months of time off begin and I don’t need Internet access all day.  In fact, as I type this I’ve just finished my last day of work before said time off, so this was my last week working for awhile.  Woot!  I still almost can’t believe that I’ve been able to work from so many places, but really more can’t believe that most people still go into offices everyday.  There’s things I miss about working in an office, but I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to go back to full time office work after working from home or wherever there’s Internet the last few years. Continue reading Country Living in Montana →