Google Wave 07/26/2009
What has teh world come to now... no really I like it a- lot. I can't wait to play around with it when it is released. Hopfully they find ways to tie it nicly in with the old gmail to maintain the history of past conversations and allow colaboration with slow adopters. Chapter 4: Trevor & Liz Tollefsbols' Wedding 07/26/2009
 Cheers to Liz and Trevor !!! Friday afternoon we returned to town cleaned up a bit and spent the evening with Trax. Saturday we headed to Big Sky and witnessed the beautiful joining of the Tollefsbols.’ With perfect weather and the beautiful Soldiers Chapel, built by Lizs’ grandfather with majestic views of Lone Peak everything went perfectly. Then the new couple climbed into an American classic and took a relaxed ride down the valley to the Gallatin Gateway Inn for the reception. Dinner was wonderful and the dancing amazing. Trevor’s young nieces cleaned up on the dance floor and everything was very elegant, at least until I delivered the shot ski and we headed off to the local bar to show all the Texans the real Montana. All in all a wonderful day and the first confirmed married couple that met at our wedding 3 years ago. CONGRATULATIONS! Chapter 3: Hyalite Canyon 07/17/2009
 After leaving the Big Timber area behind we dropped my brother and his wife off so that Nick could perform as a dutiful groomsman for the upcoming wedding, restocked the car with food, picked up Beth’s younger sister Suzie and her boyfriend Ty and headed back into the mountains. This time we camped along Hyalite reservoir a place I frequented in college but never officially camped. After setting up camp we weathered a brief shower which brought beautiful rainbows, ate dinner, and make a quick hike up to Palisade falls, arrive just as the sun set. The next morning after my parents again beat us out of bed.. we attempted to hike to Hyalite lake. We saw a moose and many great waterfalls but as before we turned back at waste deep snow and a thunder storm within smelling distance of the goal. What wonderful parents I have to put up with all this adventuring.  Roo Finding Shelter During The Storm  Ty, Suzie & The Mighty Lady (Beagle)  Palisade Falls At Dusk  Arch Falls  Roo .... Log Walking With A View  First stop on the trip was in Columbus, MT again during the wee hours of the morning for some critical hours of sleep. The next morning we continued to Big Timber, MT and headed south about 45 miles along the Boulder River which separates the Absaroka and Beartooth mountain ranges. We found a wonderful deserted camp site near the end of the road (which was very soft in places and certainly of MT forest service road stature having bottomed our poor little Honda Fit out numerous times) with ample tent space about 10’ from the roaring Boulder River. Spring has been very wet here and on the way in we stopped at Natural Bridge and were treated with a rare site. What we saw was a large 100+ft waterfall with large underground channels of water joining it near the bottom. (See Pictures) However normally the main falls is nonexistent and the entire flow of the river disappears into the riverbed reappearing from the channels at the base of the falls only to disappear again one hundred yards later for a more extended stretch. We talked about the runability of the main falls by kayak while we took pictures and just before this writing I confirmed that it has been run by a Kayaker. Check out http://egcreekin.blogspot.com/2008/06/natural-bridge-falls-105-feet.html for details. We spent two nights in this wonderful camp and put in about 20 miles of hiking in attempts at several lakes but were turned back my continuous waste deep snow every time. We even found time to string up the slack line and put in a little time tuning our rusty balance. Anyone that has not been in this area … it is a must visit.  The Imediate Family Loving Life Back In The Mountains  The Water Was Running High Everywhere!  My mom... Looking and Feeling Like Gold.. Lighter on Her Feet Than In Years and Looking Forward to Even Better Time After Foot Surgery This Fall!  Natural Bridge as seen during normal summer levels with river bed dry and complet flow passing underground. The river Desapears a second time just below the pool seen.  Kayaker Ian Garcia Plunges Off Of 100+ ft Natural Bridge Falls During High Water  1108 N 16th St, Bismarck, ND 58501 That is right the Med school marathon continues. Beth started her clinical rotations this past Wednesday in Bismarck. So to make it possible we packed all of our earthly belongings the end of the week before (which was complicated by my being on the road for work 8 of the 12 days proceeding the move) and shoved them into a 24' Budget rental truck. With the truck packed and the Fit in tow we pulled out of Grand Forks, ND around 9:00 pm Friday night and with the trucks pedal floored at 70mph arrived in Bismarck around 2:00am and immediately crashed on air mattresses with my parents, brother and his wife at our new house which we had never seen before. Luckily it turned out to be very nice with tons of flower gardens… not sure what to do with those… although they look nice so far. The next day we emptied the truck and got things somewhat set up and livable. Then after checking the box next to "Operation Move" Completed we returned the truck Monday morning and hit the road toward Montana around 1pm. Next stop was in the Beartooths and then on to Bozeman for Trevor’s and Liz’s wedding in Big Sky. The wedding went great and I will post pictures of these adventures as soon as I get to spend some time at home and pull together the pictures. I am currently living in a friend’s spare bedroom in Grafton, ND during the week for work and have only spent three total nights at the new house. Life on the road… What an adventure. Hope everyone has a great 4th.  Back Patio... Anyone want to make wine? |  Mike & Beth RauYou either know us or don't... nothing to write here. Skiiers stuck in the flattest place on earth. Keep posted for random hylights. Blogroll
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