Arrived in Whitefish, MT on Friday as planned. Drove through the booming metropolis twice looking for our Holiday Inn. After the 2nd pass and we didnt find it, we called them to see where they are. We then found out that they are no longer a Holiday Inn. They are now the Big Mountain Lodge. The hotel wasn't very good so we cancelled it. Was not happy that Holiday Inn didnt tell us of the change.
We drove to Kalispell, MT (about 10 miles south of Whitefish) and prayed the Holiday Inn would have room. They did, for 1 night. Seems a soccer tournament was in town. It all worked out though as the Holiday Inn made room for us to stay 3 or 4 nights, whatever we needed, when they found out what had happened.
On Friday night, we ate at a local eatery called Capers. My brother had a pizza with Rattlesnake sausage. Yes, you read that right. I had a lasagna made with buffalo sausage. It was fantastic.
Day 1 of Glacier National Park was neat. The popular "Going to the Sun" Road is only partially open as there has been consistent avalanches that close down its center. So, we drove what we could and then decided to take a primitive road through part of the wilderness. Was supposed to be a gravel road. However, it was more dirt than gravel. The van is quite muddy but it was a nice drive. We did see several deer during the drive and some sort of rodent/chipmunk type of animal.
Oh, and about the soccer tournament, lots of kids at the hotel. I was wearing my Manchester United shirt and one of the moms asked if I was playing in the tournament.
I will get pictures up when I can...too lazy and tired to do it now.
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