Best Western Rocky Mountain Lodge Whitefish

... one more party tonight, then we're off in the morning for Salt Lake City, our first 10 hour leg.<br>But tonight we get to eat off Linda's 10# rainbow she snuck out and caught without us. DANG her hide. She really is our hero though--the Fish Dancer extraordinaire.<br>Rick's cooking a gourmet feast, the divas are gathering--husbands beware!

... www.innaartwork.com/blog/yellows tone-national-park-summer-2009/ and http://www.innaartwork.com/blog/glacier -national-park-summer-2009/ ). <br><br>Enjoy the reading!<br><br>Regards, <br><br>Inna Lazarev,<br>http://www.innaartwork.com/

... National Park (NB: US used so as not to be confused with BC&#8217;s Glacier NP) was a twelve mile dead-end road directing us to Many Glacier with a lake plus dam and many gorgeous mountains with some small glaciers attached. We did, however, get to view a Grizzly at close range (let me know if it is just a large cinnamon Black Bear).<br><br>Our next foray was to visit one of the park&#8217;s information centres and get the never ...

Kalispell is actually starting to feel like home away from home! The mechanic ran into delays, truck won't be ready till Wednesday, so we are catching up with laundry, grocery shopping, haircuts, and resting. Wondering what we'll find when we open up the trailer after this long week. Need to get re-organized before we head west again. <br>

Glacier National Park is fantastic. The highway, named "Into The Sun<br>Highway" (exactly what we were doing!), hugs the mountainside, dips<br>into valleys and brings you up through glorious passes. It's like a 50<br>km scenic roller coaster ride. Wheeeee!

... br><br>Something that has caught my eye in these parts are the small, free-standing espresso shops, little cabins that offer great coffee at a drive-through window. They're everywhere and very uniquely decorated. Haven't seen them elsewhere, yet.<br><br>Hidden in the trees after miles of gravel roads, we come upon this beautiful ...

... standing. Later 2 skiers were hiking back up along the trail - when they approached the trail - he stood up and watched them - they stopped a bit but kept walking. Thankfully the goat let them pass. Scary. We took the shuttle back to the campground, cleaned up a bit, changed clothes, then drove to Lake McDonald Lodge for our Anniversary dinner. Very good. We tried 2 local beers; Wild Huckleberry and ...

... and she kindly offered the use of hers. it was really nice to see her place...apparently julie and i are the first cousins to make it to her home despite the fact she's been living there for 8 years. we also got to meet her new baby jolie and play with her super cute dogs. it felt nice and normal to be sitting on couches and hanging out in a real home...it's strange how fast one can adjust to constantly being on the move. although in all fairness, it's not really all that new to me!

I hiked 4 miles up to the top of the mountain and let Bruce sleep in. I ran across this deer not 10 feet from me and if he hadn't made a noise I wouldn't have know he was there. That afternoon we went into West Glacier to check things out and ate at McDonalds. We were so ready for fast food!!