Time for another adventure!

August 25 – 4 months til Christmas!  Today was a short drive to Glacier National Park area.  We didn’t leave until about 9:30 and there was NO traffic on the road until we reached the border crossing.  We slowly moved forward in the lane and were concerned that we might not fit under the drive thru, then I saw a sign about trucks and RV’s go to the right outside lane.  We moved into that lane once cars moved enough for us to make a lane change.  They had a bar down blocking the lane.  Then we saw a border guard walking to us and said he would open the gate for us.  He was very nice and asked how long we’d been in Canada and all the same stuff we’ve been asked numerous times.  He asked if he could come in and take a look.  They really only care if you’re transporting alcohol purchased in Canada and if you have any fruit or veggies from there.  I could honestly say no to the fruit and veggies as our plan was to get to a grocery store today and get some.  I told him the alcohol was what I brought with me from Florida and he asked about my plants.  I told him they came from Florida with me and I was planning to take them back and he was fine and sent us on our way!

We drove right to the campground after unhooking in the village of St. Mary’s.  They were not ready for us but said we could back up to their building and wait for 2 hours.  So we backed up and a guy came out and said he was going to see if our site was ready.  He came back in his golf cart and said we could go on to our site, so that was really nice.  We have full hook up pull thru that is not quite level.  We had barely pulled in when we got a neighbor in a Super C.  Nice couple from Colorado that are full timers at 52! 

After lunch we ventured to the village, which is a gas station with a gift shop and ice cream shop, a lodge and a small grocery store.  We got groceries first and they didn’t have much but there were come locally grown veggies so I got lettuce, a bag of yellow string beans and a yellow zucchini.  The rest was stuff from who knows where!  I spurged on a bottle of Huckleberry wine while Bill got Snapple.  We did agree to a small bag of Dot’s pretzels.

We checked out the lodge and verified where we meet the Red Bus for our tour in a couple of days.  Then we went in the ice cream parlor and each got a scoop.  Bill went with Caramel (ugh) and I went with Huckleberry!

Time to head back to the park and get those beans cooking for dinner and the potato baking.  They went well with our variety of leftover meats to finish off tonight.  We had some Almond cream cheese pound cake for dessert and settled in our recliners and got our books out.

We have 2 days of sightseeing to rest up for!