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Montana’s Welcome Creek Wilderness Trail: Madcap Adventures for a Spring Training Hike!
By Gordon Hollingshead · 17 years ago
Welcome Creek Wilderness - our spring-time challenge in a strange and wonderful little corner of the Montana back country world, just off the blue ribbon trout stream, Rock Creek. We should have thought it through ...
A Whale of a Journey Exploring Oregon
By Gordon Hollingshead · 17 years ago
“Oh wow, a whale!” I heard my wife exclaiming outside the motel room. I wondered where on earth she was and what kind of prank she was pulling as her voice drifted in through a ...
The Longest Mile - Spring Training and Treasure in Montana's Bitterroot Mountains
By Gordon Hollingshead · 17 years ago
Who would have thought it! It was a perfect spring day in the Bitterroot Range of Montana. My trail was a generally easy hike up Bass Creek from the Charles Water’s Recreation Area and campground. ...
Sparkling Treasure of the Bitterroot Range - A True Jewel in the Montana Mountains
By Gordon Hollingshead · 18 years ago
The third time is usually a charm. So this third attempt to reach that jewel at the end of the trail just had to pan out. The Sweeney Peak Trail in the Montana Bitterroot Range ...
Didn't Mean to Beat a Dead Horse - a Startling Look at the Crust of the Earth
By Gordon Hollingshead · 18 years ago
“Ewww.., ick, who would drink a Dead Horse beer anyway?” our guest turned her nose up and eyed me with suspicion. Her skepticism caught me, and I had to laugh. I really hadn’t thought much ...
Montana Moonlight Madness - where’s the moon on Flathead Lake?
By Gordon Hollingshead · 18 years ago
Don’t get me wrong - I’m as cranked for a boat ride on Flathead Lake of Montana as the next guy. There’s just nothing quite as relaxing, mellow and laid back as piling onto a ...
A spectacular trail find on the Swan Range of Montana - a trek to the summit.
By Gordon Hollingshead · 18 years ago
This time was different. Previous years I had settled into a tent near the car at the viewpoint below Richmond Peak, a timbered ridge to the north and east of Seeley Lake, Montana. Time and ...