Crestwood Resort By Evrentals Whitefish

This is a really weird feeling, leaving home for a five month adventure. We do a lot of traveling, but never one of this length. It's required an humongous amount of planning and while we've tried to think of all contingencies, we know that's not even possible. <br>And that's OK--part of the seat-of-your-pants traveling we're best at.<br>We ...

We&#8217;ve recently made a trip to three National Parks: Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier. The short description of this trip together with multiple photos was published on our website http://www.innaartwork.com/ (specifically in ...

Left Waterton heading for the border which happens to open at 09:00 - we were fifth in line. No duty free in the middle of nowhere but I did manage to get our remaining firewood across the border by stating with authority that it had no bark and after a quick private consultation we breezed across the border with a Banff jerry-rigged piece of wood with bark on the roof holding up Erik the kayak.<br><br>Our first introduction to US ...

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!

... here&#8217;s the tragedy part. You see, Jen and I love small furry animals..and prairie dogs have always been one of our favorites. Well, prairie dogs are basically Montana&#8217;s version of the 'dumb squirrel.&#8217; So sadly, while driving along a stretch of Route 2&#8230;.a little furry prairie dog jumped out in front of my car. It was hopeless trying to avoid him. Smoosh. Needless to say I&#8217;m going to need years of therapy to get over this incident. Jen however enjoys making fun of me!

Sunday, October 12th - From St. Mary drove up GTTS Rd. and hiked from the Sun Point Nature trail on by Baring Falls, St. Mary Falls, then to Virginia Falls (icy) then back to Sun Point. Drove to East Glacier looking for motel, but none were available, so drove on to the Izaak Walton Lodge (expensive and no TV) in Essex, MT, along the Southern edge of the park. Asked at the desk there and was directed to the ...

... making its way through our systems, we were feeling if not like a million bucks, at least a hundred thousand. the last 5 miles were a bit hairy... whitefish is a large town by montana standards, and that means lots of traffic on the main highway. plus, we were coming in to town at the end of business hours, so it was "rush hour". not to mention that the closer we got to town, the smaller the shoulder, and the more potholes and other obstacles (rocks, pieces of tires, etc.) to ...

... you against a 2,000 foot drop off the face of the mountain. So we pulled over and I took over the driving. The reason she drove is the fact I had a little too much alcohol. You see, we can only carry one liter of alcohol into Canada and I had much more than that. So I had some - a little too much, before lunch just to get rid of it. However, I still had to pour a lot out. By the time I took over driving I was more than ...

... bag. Andrew reached out, then hesitated, wiped his hand against his jeans. Apologized, I've got gunk all over, he said. Charlie reached down and grabbed Andrew's hand and shook it, warmly, genuine. Well that's all right, he said. Welcome to Montana now. Well I'm impressed. So kids are equals here! Charlie talked as we drove back to ...