Nancy, Where Are You?

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

This morning we left Coeur D'Alene for Flathead Lake in Montana. We took the scenic route over Thompson’s Pass. We actually got lost at one point and went into a “camp” where we asked a woman for directions.
After we got over the pass we saw a cougar walking along the road. We stopped, got out of the car and tried to take a picture. Some man came along in his car and told us to be very careful, he said a cougar killed a couple of cats from his neighbor’s porch last night. We didn’t see it again and never got a picture but it was big and BEAUTIFUL.

We got to Flathead Lake around 3:00 and started up the east side after buying some cherries. It was such a beautiful drive. We arrived in Big Fork expecting to spend the night but there wasn’t a room to be had. We began to panic. We called Kalispell and found a room there. When we secured one we turned around and went back to Big Fork to spend the rest of the afternoon and part of the evening. Big Fork is a darling “artsy village.” We just loved it. Plus we met Diana, one of the local portrait artists who is married to Charles. Get it, Diana and Charles. We had a long chat with her. Everyone was really nice. Tomorrow we head on to White Fish.