Sam And Saundra's Year Long Adventure - Part 110

Sam and Saundra’s Year Long Adventure – Part 110

Mid-West

6/2/09 – Whitefish, Montana

We very much enjoyed this lake and the area around it. We did not see anywhere near all we want to see – let alone do it (Like Sapphire Mountain).  It is a beautiful lake in a beautiful area. We are going on anyway.  Our goal is Whitefish.  Still in Montana – but another “gotta see” according to everyone we have talked to. 

Tall and Handsome - Oh, Wrong Picture, I'm Talkin' 'Bout Sam

We get up early and find that it is still cold.  We have reservations at a KOA in Whitefish – so we know we have full hookup, and laundry in our near future.  No Worries!! On the road again.  We get back on Montana Highway 1 and go back by Philipsburg and on through Maxville.  We meet back with I-90 at Drummond Hall and head to Missoula.  We pass by Clinton, enter Missoula and turn right onto another scenic highway. 

Flathead Lake

We have the Rocky Mountains to our right, as we travel into the Flathead Indian Reservation Area.  Just After Pablo, we spy with our own little eyes – something big and blue.  Yep! Flathead Lake. It is soooo large.  Sam and I are impressed as it takes all the way to Kalispell to get around just one side of it. Big Lake! It has to be 25 to 30 miles long and 5 wide (my guess).  It has 5 or 6 state parks camped at its perimeter.  To me, it looks like a winter mitten, with the main fingers part pointed south – the thumb part to the west.  Big. We are still stunned as we find our Kampground, just this side of Whitefish.

And More

 

A few minutes after we find our spot, we are set up.  We check out the amenities of the park, eat and are ready to rest.