Going to the Sun

7/19/2018

I woke up at 6:30 for my 8am video interview. I made sure the internet was up and running, ate a small snack, and put on my shirt and tie (thanks Chuck!). I was recommended to wear a shirt and tie for this interview from the Assistant Director, who I interviewed with earlier wearing just a dress shirt. I explained our traveling situation, which she totally understood, and said to try to get at least a shirt and tie for the interview.

At any rate, after the interview Alex and I made some breakfast and slowly made our way into the park. Our plan was to drive the Going to the Sun Road today, and possibly stopping for a hike. the drive is absolutely insane. Most of the pictures of this drive will be at the bottom of this post because there are too many to add right here.

We stopped at a few spots to take pictures and soak in the ridiculous beauty of this place, and didn’t end up hiking. We went all the way through the road and stopped at the Ranger Station to get some postcards before heading back through.  There wasn’t anywhere to lunch in the park, so we did the drive East and back West before hitting up a grocery store for stuff to grill. By the time we got back to the Airbnb, it was basically dinnertime.

We went swimming too

i started cooking the corn and steak while both of us were chatting with people. By the time we started eating our lunch had turned into dinner at 5pm. We were both pretty tired, I think just generally fatigued from the backpacking, but also the non-stop moving that is our road trip. We were planning on just staying in tonight, but it was recommended that we go to Loula’s Cafe for pie in Whitefish. The drive is 30 minutes one way, but we decided it had to be done. On the way there we also ran into an amazing Farmer's Market that had TONS of food, live music, and beer. Super fun stop.= before amazing pie.

We hopped in the car, drove to Whitefish for our AMAZING slices of pie (you MUST go here if you’re anywhere near Whitefish ever), and headed back to the Airbnb to call it a night. We packed up the car as much as possible before going to sleep. Tomorrow we take the long drive to the Black Hills - it’s a 12ish hour drive so we’re leaving at 6am (5am wake up).

Our back patio for the day