Craig's blog

It was incredibly warm the last night at Glacier. When I went to sleep at midnight it was still 80 degrees in the trailer (and 75 outside). At 4 AM we awoke to a pretty good thunderstorm. It wasn’t until after 5:00 that everyone (and the weather) had settled down and we went back to sleep. By morning it was nice enough to eat outside before we left. I have failed to mention the mosquitoes – they were out in force at Glacier, and given the fact that I’m the mosquito bait in our family, it was a real bummer. This morning after the rain they were especially impressive, and even my Dad said he got a bite.

After we ate and packed up we headed SW on Hwy 2 through Kalispell and then continued west on 2. It was a pretty drive. Instead of staying on 2 (which is the bigger and slightly shorter road to Coeur d’Alene), we took the scenic route and headed south at Troy on Hwy 54 and then west on 200 into Idaho. It was a great densely forested area and the roads were fine.
We arrived at our campsite in Farragut State Park near Lake Pend Oreille. It’s an absolutely huge lake nestled around a bunch of foothills. The campground in this park is beautiful, just as I had read. We’re really pleased.

Mom & Dad arrived a couple hours after we did because they stopped to visit some friends along the way. This evening I started a campfire to the sound of thunder. We sat around the campfire and watched and listened to the storm. In started to sprinkle, but we stayed outside in the 72 degree air and enjoyed the storm some more. Eventually we came in and it has now been pouring for the past hour and a half. We’re hoping it gets it out of its system so we can have fun on the lakes tomorrow.