GA Gypsies – Fulltiming

Tony got them off to airport, then got back home and we both slept in. Company is good, but also tiring! Later in the afternoon we went back to Kalispell to find materials for projects. Since we have the washer/dryer, I need a shelf in that closet and I also need a shelf in the towel closet. Coming back home, we saw new smoke close to the lake, so we rode down to it. It is 16 miles from us, on our side of the lake. Couldn’t see flames, but thought we saw some firefighters (I was looking through binoculars). Hope they contain it. Much cooler today and overcast.

Well, I haven’t even dressed today. They went to Whitefish and Kalispell for the day. Bought coffee and went to Norm’s News and they were so sweet – they brought me a vanilla coke from Norm’s. Yum. Now Megan and Josh are cooking chicken fritters and squash casserole for supper. They have to be at the airport by 3:30 AM – I will tell them good-bye before bed!

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The bison were just in a field on the way to Cut Bank – no fence. We also had to wait for cows again – open range. I like the sign! And all of the petunias look like this all over the little towns.

Well, they talked me into getting up early – 6:30 AM, and we headed back to St. Mary and took the Going to the Sun Road. We’ve never gone for the east side to the west side. It wasn’t really crowded that early, plus it was a bit overcast. As the day went on, it became cloudier and when we reached  Logan Pass, it began sprinkling and the temp drop to 50. Then we drove on the bumpiest road ever to Polebridge – my insides were about to shake out. We did get some delicious pastries! Huckleberry bear claws and some others that I can’t remember the name. Long day, on to bed when we got home.

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I slept in at the hotel and the rest of the crew went to Many Lakes for the day. They had a great time.

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Headed out towards West Glacier, then around the bottom of the park to Two Medicine. Went wading in the lake and checked out the park. It was much lower and not nearly as cold as when we were there 4 years ago.

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Long, long day – had reservations at an airbnb in Cut Bank, but when we got there, it was not what it had appeared, so we called Shelby, MT Comfort Inn and got their last room. Rode another 30 minutes. Once you leave Glacier, all you see is rolling plains/prairie. Miles and miles and miles of wheat. Three counties in that area are known as the wheat capital of the US.

Got to visit with Megan when I got up this morning. So good to see her. She helped her dad install the washer/dryer and re ordered some full length rails for the camper and she put those in. I have been having a hard time climbing the four camper steps and reaching the rail. They’ve gone to Kalispell to Norm’s and to Wheat Montana (bad dog-their pastries are out of this world). When they get back we are headed to Tamarack to eat before it is too crowded and then to Dan & Sheila’s to play with puppies and pick some more cherries. Then tomorrow morning we are off to Glacier for three days. Staying in Cut Bank tomorrow and Saturday, exploring the east side and then coming back Going to the Sun Road and seeing the west side. Won’t be writing until we get back.

Lazy morning. Went to Kalispell for Shiatsu at 5:00. Tony had a text from my aunt that Glen Campbell had died. He was going to verify, since it has been said several times before. I didn’t even want to know before going in and when we got home, I went to bed and didn’t ask until Wednesday morning.

Ran some errands in Kalispell. Picked up the washer/dryer. Bought some sheets for the sleeper sofa – Megan is coming Wednesday. Still very smoky.

I was so tired from yesterday that we missed church this morning. Slept in and then we have both been really lazy today. Tony did install a semi-ceiling fan in the living room and bedroom Friday. Picking up washer/dryer tomorrow in Kalispell – was ordered after we got back from Missoula last week. 7:30 PM and I haven’t even gotten dressed – I guess there’s not much point in doing that now. A shower shortly and soon to bed. Being lazy all day can make one tired. I am loving living in my home on wheels and the weather has started cooling off some. Megan will be here Wednesday night. Yeah! That will be our first trip into the park – I hope some of the crowd has gone back to school, although school doesn’t usually start until later in August out here. What will we do tomorrow?

Went to the Annual Quilt show in Eureka, which is just a few miles from the Canadian border. Every year they display 100’s of quilts on both sides of main street in front of the stores and they have a little vending area. We drove up both sides of the street – most people walked and looked closer! We ate lunch there and then went exploring the backroads of Montana. They are bumpier than the roads in GA. And our black truck was gray when we got home. Stopped on the way to Eureka in Whitefish to run a few errands. It is such a pretty town. We didn’t get home until 10:00. Way tired, but had fun riding those back roads, looking to see what was around the next corner.