Klinger Musings: August 17 - 23, 2019 Peterson Creek Trailhead and Glacier

Peterson Creek

Saturday - Aug 17
It was a very nice day - cool the high was 67 degrees. We mailed a birthday card to Pam and stopped at the drugstore. Next we drove to Horseshoe Lake, another fishing access site down by Ferndale. Our next stop was at the Swan River fishing acmes to check it out. It was a beautiful spot and had a lovely cabin across the river. We drove on up the road to Peterson Creek Trailhead. Steve found a beautiful stream before we got to the trailhead. It was a lovely drive and exploration that lasted from about 2 - 5 PM. When we got home I fixed us turkey bacon, eggs and toast. We watched TV and then headed to bed.

Horseshoe Lake

Swan River

Swan River Cabin

Entry Gate

Bear on Entry Gate

Swan River

Sunday - Aug 18 78 degrees
We took our walk and did the chores. After that we just chill and had lunch. There were lots of people here today. The Game Warden came by and took his boat out for awhile. We sat outside and enjoyed the lovely weather.

Monday - Aug 19 85 degrees
My first task today was to call the VA to get some of Steve's medications shipped to us here. We got that accomplished. Today we walked the beach and picked up trash besides our routine chores. Next on the agenda was a trip to town to clean the access site at Bigfork . While there we also picked up some groceries. Then we just hung out and took it easy. Supper rolled around and we fixed hamburgers on the griddle. After watching some TV, we drove up to the Krause Basin Interpretive trail. We really enjoy these drives and saw deer on our way home. It is always about 5 - 6 degrees cooler up by the Strawberry Lake trailhead.

Tuesday - Aug 20 87 degrees
It was a lovely morning. We got up at 7:45 and dressed and had breakfast. Then we completed our dog walk and chores. It was time to go to Walmart - so we headed there about 9:25 AM. I checked with the VA about the shots and got a call back from them before we got to Kalispell. We did our thing at Walmart and got gas, then arrived back to the RV by 11:45 AM. I love it when we get that finished early. After lunch, I took a nap while watching TV. We drove to town for pizza and that finished the day.

Wednesday - Aug 21 90 degrees
It was pretty routine today. We did see two deer when we walked the loop road today. The UPS called us at 1:00 PM and said our package had arrived. Yea! I do love it when a plan comes together. The dogs rode to town with us. We paid $5 for the package delivery. The VA sent 3 boxes of shots. We are good! - We went back to the RV and I worked on the blog. Also I took a nap. I think I had to ask 2 different sets of people to get off the dock today. One lady was really nice and the other one wasn't. We watched Longmire and Yellowstone tonight. Today was very hot in the sun - so we tried to avoid it.

Thursday - Aug 22 67 degrees was the high
We did all the routine things including walking the dogs around the loop road. Then we did our chores and loaded up the dogs to go to town. We drove around some of the streets in Bigfork and saw some lovely houses. We also spotted 3 bucks and a mama deer with 2 fawns. After returning to the RV we took it easy a bit. I fixed supper on the griddle - chicken, squash, red pepper and salad. Later we had a lovely campfire - because it was so nice. We even made s'mores and sat outside til about 9:00 PM.

Buck with antlers

Friday - Aug 23 72 degrees
We did all the routine stuff today. Steve also did some weed-eating- he got pretty tired and hot - so he stopped about noon. We had our lunch then took it easy for awhile. Later we decided to drive up to Glacier (I drove). We checked out Fish Creek Campground - everyone we saw was happy - and smiled at us. It was a pleasant drive. We also got Huckleberry Ice Cream on our way there. Steve drove home. We got back about 9:15.