Tripometer – 4715 mi
Gas Gauge – 381.447 gal
Location – Loch Leven Campground, Pine Creek, MT
Lodging – $12
Cans of OFF – 4
We went back to the Pine Creek Inn for brunch and listened to a live guitar show on the back deck while we ate. The music wasn’t as good as the night before, but it really enhanced the experience — a young artist named Blake Brightman. Paul had a grapefruit shandy with brunch. A yellow jacket decided this also sounded like a good idea and went for a swim. Paul saved the bee (and his mouth) by spitting the bee out on what was thankfully the tail end of his eggs benedict.
After brunch Kelly went into Gardiner, MT ‘The Gateway to Yellowstone’ to shop little storefronts. Paul stayed behind at camp to fish and do some prep work for travel. Kelly snapped the pic above just outside of Gardiner. Imagine being worried about your potted plants being eaten by an elk!
Tomorrow we head North. We’ve made reservations at two different campgrounds as we move towards Banff. We’ve booked one night at an RV park south of Glacier N.P. and two following nights at Whitefish Lake State Park just West of Glacier N.P.
Special Note: It’s a tremendously weird feeling to loose something for more than a couple of minutes when living in two attached vehicles. There’s simply not enough space for something to be lost for very long. We both had a good laugh today while packing up, trying to find something that simply had to be here but seemingly wasn’t. It was.