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  • Navigating Glacier National Park during #COVIDSUMMER2020
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    Navigating Glacier National Park during #COVIDSUMMER2020

    ByEileen Ogintz July 1, 2020July 10, 2021

    So far this summer, the east side of the park remains closed due to heavy winter snows—we could only go as far as Avalanche, where we went hiking to Avalanche Lake, about a two miles each way with a gradual gain of about 500 feet in elevation.

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  • At Glacier National Park: a Covid summer like no other
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    At Glacier National Park: a Covid summer like no other

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2020June 28, 2023

    Glacier National Park is only partially open this Covid summer. No park lodging. Eastern side closed completely. So be prepared for scarce lodging, food, even hiking options

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  • Flathead Lodge: Kids discover friendships and much more
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    Flathead Lodge: Kids discover friendships and much more

    ByEileen Ogintz June 26, 2020July 6, 2021

    After months sheltering at home, “This place encourages you to make new friends,”

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  • How to make the most of the pandemic summer
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    How to make the most of the pandemic summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 25, 2020December 5, 2021

    The good news: If you can work remotely with kids’ camps and summer school canceled, you can opt for a longer break. Perhaps this is the year to take that big road trip out West or get a longer rental in a mountain or beach town.

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  • Best Bacon Ever: On a breakfast trail ride
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    Best Bacon Ever: On a breakfast trail ride

    ByEileen Ogintz June 24, 2020July 6, 2021

    “The breakfast ride is my favorite thing at the ranch. Breakfast tastes so much better,” says Sydney Byrne, 17, a guest at Flathead Lake Lodge in NW Montana

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  • Three generations, 75 years: The Averill family and Flathead Lake Ranch
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    Three generations, 75 years: The Averill family and Flathead Lake Ranch

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2020July 16, 2021

    Flathead Lake Lodge is much more than a lodge – it’s a ranch, farm and acre upon acre of wilderness and lakefront.

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  • A huge menu at Flathead Lake Lodge in Montana
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    A huge menu at Flathead Lake Lodge in Montana

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2020July 6, 2021

    What should we today? that’s the biggest decision a guest must make with nearly two dozen activities—including those just for kids and for teens.

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  • Flathead Lake Lodge copes well with Covid Summer
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    Flathead Lake Lodge copes well with Covid Summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 6, 2021

    At Flathead Lake Lodge, rather than 125 people spread out in 22 cozy log cabins and the main lodge, there are 83, including 30 kids

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  • A mind game: fly-fishing in Yellowstone National Park
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    A mind game: fly-fishing in Yellowstone National Park

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 14, 2021

    Fly fishing in Yellowstone is a big deal. If I could have only one fishing license in the world it would be here at Yellowstone National Park,” says Almond, who traded an executive career to become a fly fishing guide.

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  • A different kind of camping – Under Canvas
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    A different kind of camping – Under Canvas

    ByEileen Ogintz June 22, 2020July 14, 2021

    This is camping Under Canvas style, modeled after the traditional safari experience and especially welcome this Pandemic summer when everyone is anxious to enjoy the outdoors but may not want the work of camping, sleeping on the ground or sharing communal bathrooms.

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