Missoula and Glacier Park 08/19/08

From Phillipsburg we drove to Missoula, where I went to college. My friend, Joy MacDonald Lake and her husband George live there. We found them spent the night at their house; it was nice to sleep in a real bed for a change. Just as we were about to leave, our battery was dead, so were delayed again for a short time. Joy and George are LDS. She was my friend in Anaconda and her dad took us skiing every Sunday afternoon for about four years. She and I took the Presbyterian lessons and became members together. It was quite a happy surprise when, in Virginia, I received a letter from her saying that she and George had been sealed in the temple. I wept with happiness. Missoula is a very pretty town in a small valley. It is surrounded by high hills that are covered with evergreen trees. It feels comfortable. We decided that we]d go to Glacier Park, sleep overnight, finish the tour and drive to Leighann's. We drove along the east side of Flathead Lake for many miles. Randon, you'd love it for the fishing. Bennett, you'd love it for the boating. It is a very large lake, dark blue in color, surrounded by pines. We bought some of the famous cherries and ate all 6 lbs of them! (No we didnt get sick) All who read this should really plan a trip to Glacier Park. It is still a beautiful preserve. There really ARE a lot of glaciers, and if you take the same route we took, you can actually get out and walk on some of them. The Going-to-the-Sun highway was open, till just as narrow (2-lane) and scarey. Jay told me not to drive too close to the edge. The direction we took had him on the outside the whole way. I was glad we had already parked the trailer at the RV camp. I was excited when we approached the entrance to Many Glacier Hotel. This is where I worked as a maid, hiked and rode horses the summer I was a member of the church. It was a wonderful time then, and being there brought back all those memories.