Author Archives: JJD
Glacier Day 4: Avalanche Lake
Our whitewater rafting trip didn’t start until 1pm so we had the full morning to fill. Did we want to sleep in? Yes! Did we sleep in? No! Did we instead head out into the freezing cold pre-dawn to hike to a lake named after snow disasters? Yes! And it was lovely, both before the […]
Glacier Day 4: Whitewater rafting!
Okay so it was 36 degrees when we got up this morning, and barely broke 60 at the warmest. I thought for sure I would regret my life choices to book a whitewater rafting trip as the main activity for our last day in Glacier… BUT it was bright and sunny! And they had wetsuits […]
Glacier Day 3: Highline Trail & Macdonald Lodge
Boy today was cold! We got to the trailhead before dawn again to make door were got a parking spot, and then waited for the sun to come up. This time we parked at the top of Logan Pass, which is the highest point of the Going to the Sun Road. From there the Highline […]
Glacier Day 2: We saw wildlife!
Bighorn sheep! Sitting in the sun on a ledge about the trail to Grinnell Glacier. And a whole herd in the way to Hidden Lake. Bears! A mama grizzly and two babies in the bushes on the side of the road. A crowd had gathered so we stopped to join the fun. A park ranger […]
Glacier Day 2: Logan Pass to Hidden Lake
After finishing the 12 mile hike to Grinnell Glacier, we ate lunch (aka a huckleberry muffin), took a 15 minute nap, and filled up on caffeine. Thus fortified we felt ready to tackle our second hike of the day! This one was just a 3 mile hike from the visitors centre at Logan Pass. It […]
Glacier Day 2: Many Glacier to Grinnell Glacier Outlook
We started before dawn at the Many Lake Lodge, just in time to see the dawn light on the mountain. From there it was one long ascent past several lakes to Grinnell Glacier, where it was freezing cold and windy! In the way back the sun came out and transformed the landscape we had just […]
Glacier Day 1: Going-to-the-Sun-Road
After doing Banff last year, Vanessa and I decided to continue the theme and do Glacier National park this year. We flew in in Wednesday—me from Seattle, Vanessa from Chicago—and met in Kalispell. We picked up our bright yellow Jeep and headed out to traverse the famous Going to the Sun Road that was built […]
Surprise visit: Ashley & Cade in Seattle
The fun of having Ammon work for Delta: the family can ride standby for free! Which means Ashley could decide on Friday that she wanted to come to Seattle, hop in a plane first thing in the morning, have a fun day in the emerald city, and then fly back that night like no big […]
Boise for the Fourth!
This year for the Fourth of July weekend I met up with Amy and Kristin (and her family) in Boise. It was fun to host at my house and to mix the world of law school friends and my Boise family.
Seattle Pride Parade
Samantha invited Tiffany and me to join her in the Seattle Symphony’s section of the pride parade—so we donned our pink t-shirts and ended up carrying the banner!
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 