Day 8

Montana Saga- Day 8

Alan writes:

Today was another great day.  We started off the day headed back to Glacier Park but for another reason.  We met Sue and David Rush, special old friends from Greenville, who now live in Havre, Montana.  We had lunch at McDonald Lake Lodge and a good visit before heading back to Kalispell for some last minute pictures before heading west.  Our destination for the day was to be Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.  We headed south on Hwy. 93 past Flat-head Lake.  This was pretty enough but once we turned onto state Hwy.28 pretty turned to amazing.  Hwy. 28 was about 60 miles of beautiful road with bighorn sheep, grassy mountains, buffalo and coveted ranchland (coveted by me!).  After a short run on Hwy 200 (also pretty) through the town of Paradise, we turned onto state Hwy. 135 for another 22 miles of rocky cliffs, subalpine forests and river-hugging roads.  This led us to Hwy 90 west toward Coeur D’Alene.  Once there we decided to head another 18 miles west into Washington state to Spokane Valley.  Now we are in the pre-crash and burn phase realizing that we haven’t posted yesterday’s blog or today’s!  We’ll get to it soon- we promise!

Mimi says:

LOVED seeing Sue and David today! The McDonald Lodge was a fun and beautiful place to meet. The window boxes and flower pots out on the decks were unreal. (Mike and Megan, I’m posting a picture so that we can copy them next spring!) We headed out for Coeur d’Alene, but stopped in a little town called Wallace, walked through the main street, wandered into a neat antique shop and then drove on to find a resting spot for the night.

Lake McDonald Lodge at Glacier National Park

Camas Flats Apts. above the Yarn Shop in Kalispell
Great spot to stay and 45 minutes away from Glacier!

Flathead Lake

Buffalo

Wallace, ID