Standpoint, ID to West Glacier, MY

The boys were up bright and early this morning. It seems either they are still on Austin time, or more likely, they just rise when the sun does. Thus far they are holding up quite well.

It was a beautiful day today, highs in the upper 70s. The sun was warm, but the breeze was cool. As I lay in bed typing this now, the window is open and it’s actually quite cool. We started our day with breakfast at a local diner in Sandpoint.  A local happened to tell us about the place and it was filled with locals when we got there. Yes, the food was good. It’s always nice to find those spots and not the ones the tourists flock to. After breakfast it was hat finding time. Mostly Mike needed one, his head is the only one truly endangered by the sun. But, Ben and I also forgot hats and Slex didn’t want to be left out. So... we found a shop and we all got hats and it all sort of felt slightly silly, but it was fun. The hats were quite welcome and handy throughout the rest of our day.

We left Sandpoint and headed towards our West Glacier destination. To break up the drive a bit we stopped at Kootenai Falls in Montana. The falls were beautiful. The highlight of that stop though was the suspension bridge high over the roaring Kootenai river. It was a nice little hike down to the bridge. Mike opted not to cross the high bouncing swaying bridge today. He stayed below whole the boys and I had our fun. No harness securely holding him up meant no walk across the bouncy bridge. This stop was something that Ike came across just last week. I’m glad he shared it with us and let us have our fun even though i’m Sure from the moment he saw it he had no intention of ever crossing it.

That was about it for the day. We continued on our way, stopped in Kalispell for groceries. Pickings for good are a bit slim around here. We’ve got a great little cabin for the next several days and apparently we are now fairly well provisioned.

I am looking forward to wandering around Glacier Nationsl Park tomorrow. The parks make me happy and this is one I have wanted to see for s very long time. Looks like we’re in for another beautiful day with temps in the low 70s.