June 29, 2024. Even though we traveled 158 miles last night rather than making the entire trip to Kalispell today, it was still a long travel day, as we still had around 350 miles to travel. Thankfully, the weather cooperated very well.
We are really good about stopping regularly and getting out to stretch our legs. Of course, we really have no choice. Fuel economy? Hahahaha! There is no such thing, especially with all the elevation changes.
That’s Mary and John ahead of us at this point.
The bright yellow field on the left is canola. It’s a very popular crop in this area.
After we got set up at our campground in Kalispell, Mike headed out to Tractor Supply. John, Mary, and I headed to Flathead Lake to see what we could find. It was a beautiful lake around 15 miles from the campground.
The dandelion looking things are Western Salsify, also known as goat’s beard. They have large seed heads and look like dandelions. I should have taken a picture with my hand as well to show the size, but these things are huge and are easily every bit as big as my entire hand (with fingers)!
June 30, 2024. Mike and I needed to go to the hardware store. We wanted better handles on the inside Tramper doors in case we have any more bad wind.
We got breakfast at a local restaurant that was recommended to Mike. Let me correct that statement. We got dessert breakfast. I got huckleberry French toast, and Mike got huckleberry waffles. OMG. Enough sugar to float a tank, but it was really good.
I’m going to have to make a better choice at lunch.
We headed to Whitefish, MT to have lunch with Mary’s sister and niece, who have been vacationing out here for about a week. We are at this cute little outside area known as Food Truck Park.
And then, it was time to head to Glacier National Park. If you ever get the chance to go to Glacier, you must. There simply are no words to describe the absolute magnificence of this place. It literally brought tears to our eyes. Here are a few of my attempts at capturing some of the glory of Glacier. It will remain one of my all-time favorite places to have visited.
It was an absolutely amazing day that will go down as being one of our favorites ever.
