Bozeman to Kallispell - Catching up

Another great driving day - weather was perfect for most of the trip.  We encountered more high passes with steep grades, so I got used to pushing the gas pedal to the floor just to keep moving and watching the gas gauge go down, down, down.  When you reach a point in the climb where maximum gas pedal is required, the cruise control turns itself off. Then, of course, when you get to the top, you have to go down.  A 6% grade is pretty steep, so I took the cruise control off so I could control the descent.  Some of the turns were pretty scary, even at 55 mph!  

We took some time to stop and rest for lunch on the side of the road before gassing up for the northern portion of today's drive.  Skooter likes to see everything from the front seat when we are parked and lets me know that he needs to check out all of the available grass and trees. You can almost hear him thinking, "where are all the trees, mom?" at this stop.

We got to Lakeside, MT where we will park the RV for the next 10 days around 4:00 in the afternoon.  We're parked across the street from Flathead Lake, the largest lake in Montana. This weekend is a boat show. Our host at the campground had texted me in the morning to see what time we would be coming through and was relieved to find out it would be later in the afternoon as they were having a parade in the morning. This is a REALLY small town on the lake. We needed to go to the grocery store to get some needed supplies and wound up driving into Kalispell, clear to the north side of town, to find one.  We're not familiar with the local grocery stores and realized on the way back to the RV that we had passed one much closer to Lakeside.  Oh, well.

Dinner was at a casino and grill here in Lakeside.  Great hamburgers but very slow service. Apparently the cook can only handle one order at a time and we were behind a large family group and another couple that were there. Dad and the kids were playing pool in the restaurant area. This place, like many here, was divided into three areas - casino, bar, and restaurant.  Restaurant is being kind as the room was only large enough for about ten tables.  

My project today is to get the RV ready for John to spend the next week alone here and to make sure that I have all of my quilting tools and projects ready to take to the retreat tomorrow.  I can hardly wait.