Glacier NP and Beyond

In mid-June, my friend Jill and I met at the Kalispell, MT airport and began our quest to explore Glacier National Park and to attend an Exploritas (aka Elderhostel, now aka Road Scholar) session in Waterton National Park in Alberta, Canada (just over the border).  Since photography was one of the emphases of the Exploritas session, I took way too many pictures with the idea of experimenting with some of the techniques I was trying to learn.  For that reason, the Utah trip that came later has been blogged first.  I think the June trip will have to be posted in segments and by category.

We spent the first night in Whitefish, MT.  To our delight, we happened on their Tuesday evening Farmers' Market in downtown Whitefish.  Crafts, food, and entertainment were spread out around a pond.

Kids and dogs were all around, sometimes with kids sharing space with dogs.  In this case, sharing worked for both parties.

Some of the dogs were rather interesting.  The eyes on the left one are haunting, if not scary!

Some lucky pups got a personal carrier.

This dog was hard at work.  He was staying alert in case his master needed anything.  He's a service dog, and his master was in a wheelchair.

There were all kinds of goodies for sale.  These rugs caught my attention because of the colors and the construction, but I was not going to buy something bulky and lug it around for almost two weeks.  Click on the picture for a better look at the rug and the cute tag.

In addition to the items for sale, there were all kinds of activities going on.  Someone was selling hula hoops, and several folks were really getting into them.  This young lady almost seemed to be in a trance.

If you were hungry, there were lots of options.  Had we not eaten before we bumped into the market, I would have surely given this one a try.

The market experience certainly put two tired travelers in a good frame of mind to start the trip.