As we’ve been driving around different places, Bill keeps saying that he wants a house on top of a mountain - with a view - and he imagines us having cocktails on a deck looking out over the valley or the lake. This has been a recurring theme - along with, which road will take us up to look…

Last weekend as we drove back from checking out the rv park where we stayed last night after watching the boat races, we spotted the house on top of the mountain overlooking Flathead Lake. There was not enough time for me to get my camera. Returning home today we were prepared….

The location is incredible and I imagine the view is stunning. I would hate to have forgotten to pick up milk on the way home and I bet the drive is interesting in the winter AND it is big enough to house several families, still - fun to dream of cocktails on that deck!

We are home, and all is unloaded, unhooked and resituated - a fun little trip that got two homebodies out and about.

Ready to roll…

Karl was going to make sure nothing rolled without him! - It didn’t..

However the trip started with a couple of glitches…we had left a message with the rv park asking how early we could check in and hadn’t heard so planned an early start with a grocery stop thinking to arrive close to noon. I woke Bill at 8:30 and we hooked up the truck, loaded the 4 wheeler and were having a last cup of coffee when the phone rang…2:00 for check in. We decided to roll anyway and hopefully a spot would be ready early or we would find somewhere to park and have lunch before check in.

10 miles down the road I remembered that Bob had no water. I left him 2 days worth of food, but he and Karl share a water bowl and I brought it for Karl. Fortunately, there was a good place to park the bus, we unhooked the truck and I went back and took care of the water situation.

We rolled into the area west of Polson past the entrance to the park shortly before noon - plenty of time to drive through town and get the groceries we wanted….a few seconds later, it seemed like not the best move as we weren’t the only people coming to see the races… Also it was Polson’s Flathead Cherry Festival.

In the end, it wasn’t as bad as it looked and we were still 1/2 an hour early for check in but we were accomodated. We were parked, plugged in, had the 4 wheeler unloaded, the grill set up, routisserie chicken for dinner started and were watching the boats by 2:00.

It turned out to be more interesting to me than I anticipated. I’m not a fan of large noisy things running in circles - but the putting in and taking out, people, pretty spot and the fact that although warm and sunny, it was not hot, hot - it was a nice afternoon and fun to see what we saw.

This morning, Karl and I walked down to the river about 6 a.m. - cool, beautiful, rosy sky as the moon prepared to set and the sun to rise.

The boats at rest - waiting for today’s final heats.

North of the park a quiet road ran up to the west - Karl and I meandered along after our visit to the river. We turned back just as the sun was rising over the mountains to the east. Beautiful start to a quiet Sunday.