“Montana, sign her song to me; Montana wild and free; In her bosom, won’t you please let me be a happy man!!” Words from a song Grandpa Grizzly has written voicing his love for our State of Montana.

Grandma Dora, the original explorer, and I are online college students studying Parks and Recreation Management.  After we complete all of our homework this week, we plan to “celebrate fall” by making a trip to Yellowstone National Park – 52 miles away.  It should be beautiful as the leaves are turning and the animals are [...]

“The autumn leaves drift by my window, the autumn leaves of red and gold.” Happy Birthday, Carolyn!!

We’ve got it made in Montana! This really is “The Last Best Place”!!  Between Hero’s Peak and Sacajawea Park, a river (the Yellowstone) runs through it!!

Doug’s wife, and best friend, Mary is a marvelous person – so kind and loving AND smart!  Love you guys!!

My son, Doug Moore, is a wonderful, kind, and loving son all fathers would be proud of!!  Love you, Doug!!

“You are my symphony, I play you tenderly, you are so dear to me, please come be mine.  You are so dear to me, please come be mine.” Grandpa and Grandma’s Symphony for Carolyn and McKenzie

Our darling granddaughter, Carolyn, will be 10 on the 28th of this month!!  Hope her day is filled with wonder and wish we could be there with her!!

There are three times as many grizzly bears in our area as there were back in the 1970′s when Doug and I saw our first!! And that means more grizzly and human interactions.  So when you are in bear country, carry a canister of bear spray for both your protection and the protection of the [...]

Fall in Yellowstone means bull elk bugling, aspen turning golden, a light dusting of snow, and very, very, very hungry bears fattening up for winter!! Look at the claws on this grizzly resting along the Lamar River after eating his fill.