We made it to Whitefish!

I'm almost caught up to today on these journal entries. Here's the one I wrote about our arrival to Whitefish on 8/9.

On Wednesday, Kari and I sleepily packed our stuff up to check out of the Prince of Wales hotel. The wind was howling over the bluff all night so neither of us slept very well. But we managed to stumble around until we got the car loaded. We drove into the Waterton village and picked New Frank (cafe) for some eggs and coffee. We trekked back across the border fairly easily and drove south to St. Mary, MT to re-enter Glacier Park. I had never driven through Glacier Park but I'd heard a lot about the Going to the Sun road. It was even more interesting and beautiful than I had imagined. They're starting to do some restorative work on it, so we encountered a couple short delays, but we enjoyed seeing a bear and mountain goats along the way.

Even before we got through to West Glacier, Kari was excited to stop at the Huckleberry Patch for a milkshake. She volunteered to take the wheel for awhile after we stopped and I was glad to take a break. We arrived in Whitefish to find her sisters jumping on the trampoline with their cousins. Olivia was excited to show us the nearly completed addition on the house as well her she and Molly's 'new' bedrooms. We unloaded and unpacked and Kari took a nap to recover from the long night in Waterton. We played some more Spite and Malice and then Brad and his new girlfriend Jordan stopped by after dinner.