After an early start we got delayed in Kalispell doing tire rotations and an oil change. I dropped the boys off at the library – they were in heaven. Before I could drop the car off for the service we had to unhitch the camper in the Wal-mart car park. I felt a bit strange ‘camped-out’ in a car park. While waiting we strolled around on the grass and Rocky managed to stand on some sort of stinger. He was really unhappy. After a late lunch we got underway towards Glacier National Park. We passed through a gap in a small ridge and it was like passing through a portal into this cool refreshing new world. The temperature dropped 20 degrees down to 70F. It was cold and windy but we felt so energized. We entered the park and found the campground. We were right next to Lake McDonald, although the many trees obscured our view(pic). We were unable to level the camper side to side as the site was really uneven. The wind was blowing in from the east over snow capped peaks and it really started to chill us. It looked like the weather at the top of the ‘going to the sun road’ was really bad. Through all of this the mosquitoes still attacked us. Because this is a National Park dogs are not allowed on the official trails, but we decided to sneak down to the water with him. We skipped stones and generally fooled around. After dinner we cycled up to the amphitheatre to attend a great talk by Doug Follet. He filled us in on the history of the park and places we had to see. We got back to the camper to discover the neighbor trying to cook his dinner over a very smoky fire – those sad tenters! He was upwind of us and managed to set off our smoke alarm – it is way too sensitive and he was way too smoky!
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