Mountain Adventures

New forest growth from a previously burned out area

Today we had several mountain adventures, not necessarily involving having fun.  The first one centered around realizing we were quite low on gas, and far from a gas station.  It was about equal distance backward or forward to nearest station. We were halfway in between. Gerry opted for forward, as it was downhill.  We did make it just fine.

Though we have toured the Glacier National Park before, we decided to kill some time by touring a new road we had not traveled before.  Along that way, a sign directed us to the town on Rt. 2 to which we were headed--Columbia Falls, 22 miles, so we took that route.

 It was an unpaved road, and got rougher and rougher as we went.  A guy along the side of the road said it was eventually paved.  We were so glad to get to that paved road finally!

Unpaved Road in Glacier National Park

We got to Kalispell just in time to check in to our room, and we were really ready for some more mellow time.

First, we played tennis and then had dinner.  But now I am going to be fading fast.

Actually, I fade before the sun does.  It doesn't get dark this far north until 9:30 p.m. or so.

Goodnight.