Hibernation House Hotel Whitefish

... one more party tonight, then we're off in the morning for Salt Lake City, our first 10 hour leg.
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.
Rick's cooking a gourmet feast, the divas are gathering--husbands beware!

We’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 ...

... National Park (NB: US used so as not to be confused with BC’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).

Our next foray was to visit one of the park’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.

Victor, ever the worrier (and usually with good reason!), wanted to check out the truck's funny business, so here we are in Kalispell. The Toyota service guy confirmed something about the cylinders and a cracked gasket and parts have to be ordered. It will take a week to get repaired but it's under warranty yet, so we're still smiling. They are ...

... biggest lake) and then hiked on over to Virginia Falls. The whole hike was about 1.5 hrs and 3 miles round trip. The waterfalls were pretty, and thankfully the rain they had called for today held off.

We then proceeded via shuttle down to the boat dock to take a tour of the lake. That was a wonderful experience. Our Captain, Captain Katie as she called herself, was an excellent guide who gave us entire lessons on the geology and ecology of the area. You can get ...

June 16, 2009

We made the short drive from Bigfork to Glacier on a beautiful sunny morning. The mountain peaks sparkled above Lake McDonald. We picked a camping space at Sprague Creek, right on the lake. It was time to take a hike. The ranger said to go to Avalanche Creek and take the two mile hike to Avalanche Lake. The "Going to the Sun Road" that takes you over the mountains and glaciers is closed and will not open until Friday. Avalanche ...

... had pluses and minuses.  The plus was that we spotted a little black bear trotting across the road, a slightly confused marmot, and several white-tail deer, grazing on the verges; the minus was that I had to slow down considerably to minimise the risk of hitting one of the above.  We had a brief pause in Sandpoint, a lakeside holiday spot, for another burger and a cold cup of coffee, and finally rolled into Whitefish at 11.15pm - a sixteen hour ...

... where a dozen or more mini waterfalls pour off the side of a mountain and onto the road. And of course, there was all the 'normal' scenery all along the way including towering mountains, lush forest and rivers in the lowlands and summer flowers blooming everywhere. The drive around the park was also extremely picturesque as we came across massive crystal clear lakes with beautiful reflections of the mountains in them ...

... with a giant long copper sink, we are seated and begin our comments on the decor. Modern western, I guess you'd call it. Upscale ranchy look! The menu is awesome too, we choose a plate of nachos and Andrew wants grilled cheese, I select a chicken soup. Our order comes. A lovely pot of macaroni and cheese for Andrew. A Reuben sandwich for me. And the nacho plate is huge. Uh, we'll keep the nachos, but ...