Montana Activity Ideas, give feedback please!

Oh dear me, the Blackfoot River is wayyyy far away. There's lots more to do than to sit in the cars for that long. I'd be surprised if we could get there in three hours one way. Yellowstone is closer than that.

But maybe there are tube rentals near Three Forks? or is the river too swift for that?

A big raft is cool with me.  I just want to be in the water.

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I'll have to do a little research on that, cuz I don't see anything right off the bat online. Since TF is right on the river, I would think there would be some kind of option to do that.

You could float the Jeff from Cardwell to Sappington or Three Forks, I think.  Nice scenery through the canyon.

Hey Bonnie.

I am lazy so you need to learn how to hot link.  You click the little icon to the left of the smiley face and paste the link in that.

Going now to check out the link for black forrest.

Don't you and Terria want to ride horses?

And btw does her name rhyme with Maria?

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Just a question about the caverns.  I did go to the link but I didn't find much info.  Is it a long walk/hike/climb through the caverns?  Like hours?  I would love to see them but your warning has me spooked.  I'm thin but my surgery did not seem to make me younger or in better shape.  Do you know when a surgery will be available for that? 

Ok so TOMORROW I am getting back on the treadmill.  My "get ready for Montana" plan is going into EFFECT.

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It's about a two-mile hike, ascends and descends a total of 600 steps and changes a couple hundred feet in altitude. People of all ages and degrees of health do it all the time, but they do have to carry people out at times and would prefer not to do that if possible :-p. The major concern is the fact that you will be coming from sea level to over 5,000 feet above sea level and trying to do that kind of hike without any time to acclimate. Trust me, you'll feel it. If you have good iron levels and are otherwise heart and lung healthy, it's not likely to be at all dangerous. But I would advise against doing it if you come from sea level total couch potato status. If you can walk a couple miles nonstop at sea level without feeling it, you could probably do the hike okay, but you WILL feel it. My legs were like spaghetti when I was done and oh boy did I hurt the next day...And I had a couple of weeks to get acclimated to the altitude and do some hiking around to prepare.

Ok.  I make decisions easily.  Please try to think of what I (and any other couch potatos) can do while the healthy ones of us enjoy the caverns!!  And then we can meet up and hear all about it.

THANKS!

I'll be with the couch potatoes too :-). I know I could do the hike, but somewhere in my advancing age I got a bit claustrophobic, so I don't think I'll be going underground again. We could just wander around in the great outdoors and hang out at the cafe at the starting point and gab. There's plenty to gab about, and more scenery everywhere you look.

Sadly, I think I'm out too.  After reading this, I don't think I'll be up for it.  Ah well, maybe another time.