tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52088274511481190082024-03-13T06:22:46.590-07:00The Buzzard's RoostThe Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-8557229748137497552018-02-02T20:46:00.002-08:002018-02-02T20:46:41.704-08:00The Two Old Buzzard Have Mostly Flown to FaceBookHowdy Doody, If you have come upon this blog looking for the Two Old Buzzards you can see some of their activities up through part of 2012 here. After that, the buzzards started a page on FaceBook called Buzzards on Route 66 to chronicle their epic journey from the start to finish of Route 66. After that other trips have been posted on a FaceBook page called Roadtrippin' with Two Old Zerlindatarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04627502212185287271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-90172025292550824582013-07-22T22:00:00.000-07:002013-08-02T18:58:26.866-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 23 - The Adventure EndsEver wonder what Lumberjacks eat for breakfast? Lumberjack John had the senior lumberjack eggs, bacon, hash browns and a biscuit. Lumberjack Linda had oatmeal with blueberries and raisins.
There are seven, (soon to be eight) Lumberjack Restaurants in California and the buzzards were pleased with their first visit to one. After their hearty breakfasts, it was off to the Redding, California policeThe Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-43233967213389767982013-07-21T22:00:00.000-07:002013-08-02T18:57:53.753-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 22
The eternal question: How come you can't find a police officer or a locksmith when you really need one? The Two Old Buzzards are working their way back to the roost and have just one item left on the Mercury News Road Trip Photo Scavenger Hunt: Number 10 – a police officer eating. The buzzards even went to a police station in Redmond, Oregon yesterday but it was just after 5pm and it was closed.The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-71931651518398475442013-07-20T21:34:00.002-07:002013-07-26T16:57:20.172-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 21“Cod said, 'Let there be fish and chips', and it was good.” This sign was one the old buzzards saw on their way out of The Dalles, Oregon as they hit the road at 8:23. John is tiring of Cheerios (actually, he ran out!) so we had breakfast at Denny's. He had the patriotic red white and blue breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon and hash browns. Linda had red white and blue pancake fritters (John The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-24039377979763118392013-07-19T22:28:00.001-07:002013-07-23T19:47:16.616-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 20Who knows what Day 20 of a No Reservations Road Trip means? The answer is that it's time to start a new memo pad. Linda keeps a log where starts and stops and oddities of the day are recorded in the hopes that they will be enough to jog her memory in the evenings when heavenly shades of night are falling and it's blogging time. Out of the mists John's voice is calling, “Have you sent it to me yetThe Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-1807083583713045622013-07-18T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-19T22:29:15.523-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 19Breakfast was “on the fly”. John had a ham sandwich and Linda had Raw Bits Twang Twang. They said “So long” to The Willows in Wilbur at 7:10am and headed for Mt. Rainier National Park the southwest of Wilbur. It was mostly scenic country back roads except for a little jaunt on I-90 and I-82. The Buzzards crossed the Columbia River on I-90 West between Vantage and I-82. There was a scenic The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-59543409091695695992013-07-17T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-19T22:31:41.387-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 18Barefoot Brew was the expresso stop for the Two Old Buzzards on their way out of Trout Creek, Montana. Flowers and three gigantic ladybugs decorated the coffee “grounds”, In fact, the ladybugs had obviously been bowling balls in their past lives.
It was 8:04 as Wilma and her passengers rode outta town on Hwy 200 and by 7:47 they had reached the Idaho border. Yes, that is correct...they had The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-18233869724987337782013-07-16T19:24:00.001-07:002013-07-16T19:24:29.139-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 17Ever wonder why something costs so much more than seemingly similar items? After enjoying her raw bits twang twang, Linda tromped out to gather huckleberries with her camera, John and Fannie in tow. John went along to shoot some macro shots of the huckleberries and some other flowers around the grounds. There were many more huck bushes than she estimated on yesterday's post. But, after The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-11129784215703722942013-07-15T21:15:00.006-07:002013-07-16T12:18:57.614-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 16The Two Old Buzzards and Fannie Mae bid a fond adieu to Stumptown today and headed for Yaak. “Where's Stumptown and what's Yaak?” Stumptown is the nickname for Whitefish, Montana because that's the name the area was first called in the late 1800s. In 1901, when the Great Northern Railroad started to build in the area, a lot of tree stumps had to be cleared away because of all the lumbering The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-25651235254006319762013-07-14T19:48:00.002-07:002013-07-14T20:00:10.420-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 15“Where are you hiking today?” asked a pleasant young man in the breakfast room this morning. It is Sunday and the old buzzards have been here a week now so were able to tell him about a four-mile hike he could take to Iceberg Lake, where there are actually icebergs floating in the lake. And John was sure to tell him about Johnson's Cafe in St. Mary which is a great place to stop on the way to theThe Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-5486544597441950262013-07-13T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-14T16:05:57.946-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 14The old buzzards did not set an alarm clock for this morning but the Fannie Mae alarm went off at 4:50am so she and Linda strolled the parking lot and environs for a while until Mother Nature's call was fulfilled. Everybody slept well after that and arose from their slumbers at 7:40 for breakfast. It was a Kirkland frozen waffle with faux Jif (Skippy in a Jif jar) for John along with some FrostedThe Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-34575495360625042752013-07-12T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-14T14:55:57.681-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 13The Old Buzzards decided to do something different today which was to NOT go into Glacier National Park. They've been passing by lots of interesting-looking “stuff” on their way to and from the park for the last four days so this day was devoted to going in and out of several places. You will see some of the sights we saw – the old, the remember these? and the oh, my goodness! – in our photo The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-29418509901412089192013-07-11T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-14T12:05:36.783-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 12The Buzzards and their trusty canine companion, Fannie Mae, were off to Glacier National Park by 7:45 am and even before pulling out of the motel parking lot they spotted a deer across the busy street. She was oblivious to the vehicles rushing by and seemed intent on munching on leaves in some poplar trees. Look closely at her very full right cheek when you see the photo.
While getting ready to The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-19103534519841437372013-07-10T20:52:00.001-07:002013-07-13T10:47:47.912-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 11The Two Old Buzzards got an earlier start today after having their continental breakfast at the Cheap Sleep with some nice people from Arkansas and Ohio. Linda had carrot juice and raw bits twang twang. John had Shredded Wheat and a Svenhardt pastry. Both had the excellent coffee.
Getting to the park before 9:00 was a great idea. It was less crowded by far. But even later at the peak of traffic The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-55678323626920891562013-07-09T20:53:00.001-07:002013-07-13T07:22:17.445-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 10The Two Old Buzzards and Fannie Mae went on an exploratory trip to Glacier National Park today to sort of get the lay of the land. They took their time getting up and about, so did not arrive at the West Entrance until around 9:30am. They went into the Apgar Visitor Center to stamp their passport, get a pin and talk to one of the rangers. They decided to explore a mostly unpaved road (Camus). YesThe Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-46272220990376063012013-07-08T21:40:00.000-07:002013-07-08T21:40:38.654-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 09Riddle: What seems to happen the day after you go through the car wash? Easy one. You all had the answer. Yes, it rains. But that's OK. Actually, it was a rather large thunderstorm that came through Missoula early this morning. It did not dampen our day and we were never in downpours during the time that we had to be out of Wilma.
We were packed and on our way for breakfast at Cracker Barrel by The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-13908527741087113052013-07-07T20:08:00.002-07:002013-07-07T20:08:50.772-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 08It was luxurious getting to take our time this morning since we are not going to pack up and get on the road again until tomorrow. We went to IHOP for breakfast. John had what he calls a real breakfast: eggs, bacon, pancakes, hashbrowns and coffee. Linda had grapefruit juice and crepes topped with fresh fruit, granola and yogurt.
We came back and got Fannie from the room and took her with us to The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-1201914832856946252013-07-06T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-07T18:29:15.300-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 07We were packed and in our faithful Honda Odyssey, Wilma Lou, by 8:03 am. After a quick stop at The Dollar Tree for some plastic dog food bowls, we headed for gas at Costco (least expensive in Clarkston). At 8:13 we were in search of a Starbucks. By 8:33, skinny mochas in hand, we were on our way to Missoula, Montana and soon on two-lane scenic Highway 12 that followed the Clearwater River, for The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-27137504755970717382013-07-05T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-07T15:15:25.882-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 06Our alarm went off at 7:00am and we were packed and searching for a Starbucks by 8:00. Failing to find one we exited Ontario, OR by 8:08 on Interstate 84. By 8:11 we came to the Welcome to Idaho sign.
And what do they do in Idaho for fun? We had our answer shortly since the first exit we came to was Hell's Canyon Recreation Area. We bypassed it for State Highway 52 and by 8:23 we were off the The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-46071125749888688272013-07-04T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-07T15:13:39.388-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 05Our pleasant journey on this patriotic day began at 7:37am as we left Redmond, Oregon. We spent most of the day on two-lane roads and saw very few other vehicles. It was interesting to see various red, white and blue displays both in the little towns we passed through and in the countryside. The most attractive display was in Prineville, Oregon where folks were obviously getting set for their The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-20314860172955889292013-07-03T21:13:00.000-07:002013-07-04T06:46:30.085-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 04Everything seemed bright and shiny clean as we left Lakeview at 7:45 am. There was quite a nice rain last night. Linda and Fannie got to see a little lightening while out walking at 9:30 pm. You'd never guess what Lakeview's claim to fame is: the hangliding capitol of the world (due to its unique thermals). And it is nicknamed Tall Man since it is the tallest town in Oregon at 4,800 feet. That The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-14238860433929936772013-07-02T20:53:00.001-07:002013-07-03T21:22:03.387-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 03We left Red Bluff CA at 7:27 am and headed north to Oregon. The temperature was already 83 so it looks as if they are in for another very hot day. Our first stop was 3 exits north on I-5 to grab a coffee from Starbucks.
Between Redding and Burney on State Highway 299 John spotted Buzzard Roost Road so naturally the Two Old Buzzards had to check it out.
Out in the The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-81792667660162370822013-07-01T19:23:00.002-07:002013-07-03T21:20:08.687-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 02After breakfast in our Motel 6 Suite (John had his Honey Nut Cheerios and Linda had part of her RBTT....Raw Bits Twang Twang) we were on our way to Lassen Volcanic National Park by 7:30. Fannie Mae opted to lounge around here since dogs are not allowed on the trails. She mentioned that she might go for a dip in the pool while were gone. Linda finished her RBTTs on the way to The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-36436215692839717992013-06-30T21:15:00.000-07:002013-07-03T21:16:48.831-07:00Glacier National Park Road Trip - Day 01The Two Old Buzzards (John and Linda) got off to a great start today on the beginning of their 2013 Road Trip to Glacier National Park. Along with their trusty schnauzer companion Fannie Mae, they pulled out of the Buzzard's Roost at 7:08 am on a day that promised to be another scorcher in the heat wave that parts of California have been experiencing. Yesterday it got to 104 degrees in Morgan The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208827451148119008.post-6855406414163078952013-02-09T17:30:00.001-08:002013-02-09T17:30:55.971-08:00Advanced Planning, Waaayyy Advanced!OK, first we'll just assume that we'll both still be alive in the spring of 2014. Don't see why not as we both avoid risky behavior....except maybe for riding our bicycles.
This, of course, follows our road trip that we will take in the summer of 2013 to Glacier National Park. But, planning these trips is a big part of the fun and enjoyment they bring.
Back in April of 1973, a couple of months The Buzzard's Roosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971493784389638307noreply@blogger.com0