The long road home

We took three days for the drive home from Many Glacier to Portland. If you're ever passing through East Glacier, we highly recommend a stop at the Whistle Stop for ribs and huckleberry pie. We paused briefly at the Izaak Walton Inn just outside the southern boundary of Glacier Park.The Inn is open year-round and you can stay in one of their caboose cabins.

That night was spent in Whitefish, Montana at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake. The Lodge had all the creature comforts we had done without and we enjoyed our stay. It was a bit jarring to see the lake surrounded by houses and boats after being at Swiftcurrent Lake in Many Glacier the preceding day. Before departing, we strolled around downtown Whitefish and visited the historical society in the train station where we learned that 65,000 passengers a year pass through their lobby!

En route to Spokane just east of Troy, Montana we stopped to walk down to Kootenai Falls. The walk was further than we expected, but worth it. There is a bridge over the train tracks so you can safely watch the trains passing below. In addition to the falls viewpoint, there is a suspension bridge which we, unfortunately, didn't have time for. We spent our final night in Spokane with a high school friend of mine before heading for home. Total trip mileage = 1800 miles! We may fly next time...