Our Montana Trip

Over Memorial Day weekend, we finally made the drive to Montana to visit with John's older brother Joe and his family in Kalispell. The drive was a 10 hour long one but the girls were really great. Thank goodness for the dvd system is all I can say about that! Half of the drive was gorgeous. The other half was as dull as can be. But we made it in safe and sound as long as you don't count the busted windsheild that we now have thanks to those big trucks vs. construction areas with extra debris! Anyhow, we spent the first night getting in a nice swim at their athletic club. On Saturday, we drove up to the top of a mountain where we got an awesome view of the whole city and more. Later that evening, we enjoyed witnessing Joe in action at his Saturday night contemporary church service.






Sunday we drove to Glacier National Park where we spent much of the day checking out the gorgeous views and hiking through the mountains. Maybe when the girls are older I will enjoy this type of thing more but at this age, I'm terrified the girls are going to get too close to the drop offs or to the rapids. So much of the day I was a bit on edge if you could imagine. :)















On Monday, we headed back home only this time it took us 12 hours due to the holiday traffic trying to get through the Snoqualmie pass which is gorgeous by the way. Other than the traffic the trip home was an easy one. I have to admit that while I had a good time visiting with the family, the highlight of the trip for me was seeing that Cracker Barrel sign off the highway in Missoula, Montana. It's one of my favorite places to eat and there are none in Washington or Oregon, so needless to say I was quite happy to see that sign. The food was so dang yummy too! Ahhh, I can't wait to move back down south one day. Until next time...