Friendship Inn Kalispell

... supplies in St Mary. However, the fun part was beginning when we started up the Going-to-the-Sun-Road which was built in 1932 and was set to close for the season the next day (in fact, due to snow the next day, we were one of the last to complete the run this year). The road offers great views to those that are unafraid of heights and the summit is at Logan Pass the continental divide at 2,025 metres (6,646 feet).

After a ...

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.

... us a loaner, we will leave the camper at the dealership for the week and we will head towards Canada in this red Corolla. Drive through Banff and Jasper? Try to find V's distant cousin that we've been wanting to meet for over 25 years? Looking on the map, they live waaayy up north in British Columbia. What the heck! Maybe we'll just go for it!

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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.

Hidden in the trees after miles of gravel roads, we come upon this beautiful ...

Short stop at Belgrade, on the road, then up to this beautiful lake. The Flathead River's various forks crossed our paths several times while in Montana. Boating/resort towns all along the lake front, quiet beaches, tall forests of pine and birch. Very relaxing!

... created by the glaciers as they melt away they take some of the stone with them so they are always changing. This is also part of the Rocky Mountain Range and they go for as far as you can see.

We knew there had been a fire since it was evident but did not realize it was over 100,000 acres and was back in 2003. However, that was only 10% of the park since it is over 1 million acres. The Cedar and ever green ...

... Wendell might splurge and buy me a new gold pan for my birthday? I’ll suggest it.

As we packed up to leave the Fairmont RV Park, the temperature felt more like 80⁰ than the 73⁰ registered on the thermometer. The night low had only reached the upper 40’s and the early morning sun under clear skies was bright and strong. Most days we have been fortunate to travel without running the AC, but we were on the road ...

... did Appekunny Falls trail. Drove on to St. Mary. Motel - Red Eagle Motel - interesting place. Frozen pipes on second floor, two fuzzy TV stations. 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, none available, on to Izaak ...

... We may go back some time and do the Selkirk Loop. We enjoyed seeing the double-loaded log trucks and lumber mill areas. Kootenai Falls, MT - short hike over white water We took a break in the early evening to walk off US-2 to the Kootenai Falls in Montana. Really terrifying white water. Almost West Glacier, MT ... no room at the inn? We ...

... to. Patience, that is what I hear. And Mom enthusiastic, praising every child. Dad helps with the line, the bait. "Look kids," he says, and I look too. An eagle, just above my head, and close. "He's young," the dad explains, "probably just born this spring." Andrew chunks another rock, watches as the waves spread out, heading clear across the lake. Lucky children here. Lucky all of us.