Shuttle Butt

We started the day by delivering the fur kid to Day Camp at our favorite here in Kalispell - PBR Kennels. They have made great improvements since we were here the last time and its a great place to board your dogs, whether it's for a day or a week. The owner's name is Linda and she is very caring and great with animals!

The ride up the highway to Glacier National Park is never complete without a few stops along the way. We turned into a few RV Parks just to check them out. Some would work, but they are quite a ways from Kalispell and the phone and internet doesn't seem strong. We have 4G Verizon service here and I'm getting really spoiled with the speed and connections.




We stopped at the Huckleberry Patch since the Hucks are ripe and they are famous for all the souveneers, jellys, candies and other things made with Huckleberries. They have a cafe also and we had to have a little breakfast. Pancakes and DH had a slice of Huckleberry pie! Really sweet and locally grown, once a year is a plenty. Bears seem to like them too!

The road into Glacier was already lined with cars and we had a little wait, but having an annual National Parks Pass made our entry quick and smooth. We continued to Apgar Village and after hearing of the road construction and vehicle delays, we opted to park and take the free shuttle up to Logan pass and back. Saves your vehicle from damage or dirt and you are free to look about and get off and on at the several stops along the way. It took us almost 5 hours to complete the trip. It was a hazy day, so our pictures, while of awesome sights, could have been better.

We met some very cool people. Two college girls from Atlanta and Austin, who were taking a break before returning to work and school, were hiking into the back country and camping for the whole week! My hat is off to them. They did this last year in Alaska also, but I would not be brave enough, even with another person to tent camp in the wilderness during bear season! I gave them our card and told them if they needed  a ride or a place to crash before they catch their planes from here Sunday Morning, to call. We shall see. The stories will be very cool!



We also met an Australian man and his wife and young daughter, who are here on a 6 month holiday. They bought a class C RV in Las Vegas (as it is just as cheap to buy as rent) and he will sell it at the end of their whirlwind around the U.S. They are fascinating, have great stories and it's really fun to witness someone here for the first time. They are having a ball. Hopefully I will hear from them again also.

At the top of Logan pass, we took a stroll, stretched our legs a bit, and were going to go on a small hike down to the Hidden lake, but they had the trail closed due to bear activity. We went as far as the observation deck and turned around. We never saw anything larger than a ground squirel! But I'm told it was a Columbian Ground Squirrel!

We boarded two more shuttles to make it back to the staging area and our car. It was late afternoon, and time for a lunch, so we drove through Apgar Village, found the same picnic area at Mcdonald Lake and the same table to have our lunch that we used two years ago. It was fairly late in the day, so we checked out the beach and the water and headed back to the city. Our fur kid was very happy to see us and we were ready to relax and rest up. Today we had mundane daily tasks to do and tomorrow depending on the weather we may go visit some galleries and a couple shops. As I write this tonight, the wind has come up and we are in line for some rain. The temps are to be cool tomorrow and more chance of rain.....oh I hope so! We've almost been able to count the drops this whole year.