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Saturday, May 9, 2009

A Nice Day For A Drive

May 9, 2009
Whitefish and Columbia Falls, MT

Today dawned sunny, for the first day since we arrived here on the 3rd. We decided to take advantage of the (relatively) nice weather and take a drive. We headed north to Whitefish and took a drive along Whitefish Lake, where it seemed that the farther from town we got, the bigger and more elaborate the homes became.

We then took a bit of a trip down memory lane, heading east on US-2 toward the west entrance of Glacier National Park. We didn't go into the park (it's pretty early in the season and many roads are still closed due to snow) but will probably make another day trip before we leave here next week.

We visited this area almost 15 years ago, on one of our first "RV Rental" vacations. On that particular trip, we flew to Portland and picked up the rental, then made a loop of Mount Shasta, Yellowstone, and Glacier before heading back to Portland. It was quite a bit for a 2-week vacation. I know it was almost 15 years ago because it was pre-Merlin, and he'll be 12 this year. We saw a few of the roadside stops from the prior trip, had a huckleberry shake, and made it home before it started raining again. All in all, a pretty good day!

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