We spent a little over a week in Montana, mostly in Kalispell with Mel's parents, but also on a three-day backpacking trip through Glacier National Park. Staying at "Chateau Wilkins" is always such at treat, and this time even more so after having been camping. We had a great time going hiking, out to eat, hot tubbing, and just relaxing with Karen and Howard for a few days.
In Glacier you can see Adam taking proper bear precautions, and even though it was the season for it, we didn't see any grizzlies. We did however have to protect our food from a big eight-point buck and have little showdowns with the mo
untain goats for the right to pass on the trail. We hiked up what looked like the hidden stairs from LOTR to some beautiful views and a kind of disappointing glacier and saw the fall colors Mel had been hoping for.
