( Writing this from Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, Oct. 4 )
On the evening of Aug. 28 we came into Kalispell too late to pick up the camper, so we found Swan Lake BLM Campground. After setting up the smaller Kelty tent and fixing dinner, we walked over to the boat landing to see the sunset. Lots of boats were coming in for the evening and it was fun to watch. When it was almost dark, a set of parents were still standing on the dock waiting for their boys to come in and getting worried. They made it in with no problem ( except the worried parents ) and proudly posed with their catch.
The next day, Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, we drove up to Kalispell to get the camper out of storage. We found out when we got there that the Glacier Int. Airport was holding an air show right then, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. We got the Aliner hitched up and pulled it to the front of the Windmill Storage's parking lot so we could watch the show, since it was only one mile from the airport.
We stayed at Swan Lake for a week, since we had many chores to do to convert from tent camping to camping in our Aliner. Saturday we set up the camper and used the Kelty tent as a screen room and a room that I could use to sort the equipment into things to keep and things we wouldn't need anymore. The next day we set up the big Cabela tent so we could air it out and re-pack it for shipping back to Michigan to our son.
Swan Lake was only 30 miles south of Kalispell and we made several trips back and forth to take care of business. There were so many cool , old barns on the road there, I had lots of opportunities to get some pictures.
There were tons of beautiful, modern farms too, here's just one.
One of the very special things we did while staying at Swan Lake was to take a one-hour helicopter tour of Glacier National Park. It was the only big excursion tour we did since leaving Michigan and it was defiantly worth the cost. We will share these photographs in the next post.
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