Kalispell, MT

July 21, 2015
We arrived at Glacier Pines RV park in the early afternoon. The park is old and crowded. We couldn't put out our awning because it would block other rigs coming into their sites. There was also no room for us to sit by our RV so we had to sit behind it. There are a lot of permanent and long term rigs as well that are not in very good condition. A lot of the guests had similar comments about the park. We are going to e-mail the owner to express our feelings. On the brighter side the pool is great, the bathrooms are very clean and well maintained and the personnel are nice. We had a nice dinner and met some of our neighbors.

July 22, 2015
We had planned on going to Glacier NP but there was a fire on the East side of the park that had the Going-To-The Sun Road at Big Bend. We went to Glacier in 2006 when there was also a fire that had the road blocked at the same place so we decided not to go. Instead, we drove into Whitefish. This is a very nice community with lots of cool shops, restaurants and other attractions. We visited an art gallery that was amazing. The featured artists' works were incredible. We walked most of the town and headed back toward the park to get lunch. Then we sat at our site watching the rigs come in and try to fit into their sites. There were quite a few not so happy campers.

July 23, 2015
After breakfast we drove into downtown Kalispell. There are some interesting shops and businesses here. We cruised through many of them and went to lunch at a nice bistro for some pretty good split pea soup with pulled pork in it. Then back to the park where I went for an afternoon swim. Then another evening sitting in our site watching other campers.

July 24, 2015
We headed for Post Falls, ID this morning to spend one night before heading home. En route I missed a turn, not a rarity, that took us through Thompson Falls, MT, then over a narrow pass that took us into Wallace, ID. After we got set up in our park we went to Greg and Donna Wozny's home for a great BBQ dinner.

July 25, 2015
We were on the road before 8:30 to go home until July 29. We have an issue with the broken trailer step we need to get taken care of.