September 16-17, 2006 (Days 115-116)

Saturday:
Dan and I were at Liz and Stan’s around 9 a.m. Plans for the day were to drive up into Glacier National Park. We had heard that the east side was closed, so we prepared to go up the west side.

Liz packed a picnic lunch and we left around 11 a.m. Stan gave us a good tour and narrative and history of the mountains. We drove up to Logan’s Pass where the road was closed from there on. The road was very narrow and winding up the side of the mountain. It was straight up on one side and straight down on the other with no guard rail. It was a little scary. We found no picnic tables up at the top, so we ate our picnic in the Suburban. It would have been too cold any way, as temps at the Pass were 30 degrees and a strong wind was blowing. We visited the visitor center there, but there wasn’t much information there. We drove back down, as it appeared there was a storm moving in fast. We did stop for a couple photo opportunities.

When we got back to their house, Logan was there and we took them all to dinner. We returned to the campground and planned our next travels on Monday with Darrell and Sharon.


Sunday:
After getting up, we did some grocery shopping and got gas and propane before going to Liz’s after lunch. She had prepared lunch for us, as there had been a big misunderstanding about when we would be there. We hated that they had waited to eat until we got there. We encouraged them to go ahead and eat. We enjoyed visiting some more. Dan enjoyed getting to see Stan’s wood shop. He is now making cabinets as a self-employed contractor for a cabinet shop. He does beautiful work. They also showed us their plans for remodeling their kitchen and master bathroom.

Before leaving, we got to see their new fifth-wheel camper they just got. It is real nice. They were planning a week-end camping trip for the next weekend. Later in the evening, they came over to the campground to see our trailer.

It was wonderful visiting with them and seeing where they live.