It’s been a year since we’ve posted anything here but we’ve fired up the blog again with another “bucket list” adventure. We’ll post periodically and hope that you’ll tag along with us on a road trip to Montana, where we’ll hike in Glacier National Park, explore part of Yellowstone, and I’ll get to live out my dream of fly fishing and herding cattle on a dude ranch. Some have described the ranch as a spa where animals happen to roam around and while that may be true, it is a working ranch. Yes, we’ve both ridden horses. Yes, we will be in chaps and jeans. I will be sporting a cowboy hat, while Bev is planning to go with the classic baseball cap, à la Billy Crystal. Yes, there will be photos and they will be AWESOME.
As we packed for the trip, I remained undecided on a “look” for my time on the ranch, but narrowed it down to a few possibilities:
I ruled out one style:
Along the way we’ll stop for bizarre road trip sights, visit with family and old friends and experience things that you only get from wandering on the road. I can’t wait to see what we encounter, although I hope it doesn’t include a grizzly bear.
On our first day on the road, from Knoxville to northern Illinois, we saw what is arguably the World’s Largest Rocking Chair in Franklin, Indiana. Several other cities make this claim but this one is called Big John and is 32 feet tall. That’s BIG!
After measuring up Big John, we stumbled across another strange sight in Franklin, where somebody has collected old gas station signs and displayed them in a courtyard. These are the real deal and include brands that are long gone. This was a random find, driving down a small road trying to get back to the interstate. A road trip gem!
Finally, we saw endless fields of corn. This led to a full discussion about movies that featured cornfields and how nearly every one of them are horror films (the exceptions being Field of Dreams and The Wizard of Oz). We came to the conclusion that the only things in cornfields are zombies, ghouls, aliens, the occasional dead baseball player and live, heartless scarecrows. Never go in one.
Have fun you two!!
OMG! Try new ears, too funny! Glad you are off to a great start!
Making me laugh which is good, good, good! Too much fun again and I need to be that mouse in the pocket! Hugs to you Guys!
So happy to read your blog this morning! Love your adventures, sense of humor and fun photos.
The Duke! The Duke!
Have a great trip. We have seen most of what you are planning except the Dude Ranch. Sounds like fun.
Thanks for blogging-I always enjoy your stories! I’ll be keeping up…😊
Hope the fires are out in Glacier by the time you get there. Have an awesome trip (I’m sure you will).
Jeez, we go horseback riding once and now you guys are cowboys !! LOL !! I am very very jealous 🙂 Have fun !