Peg in the Park: Susie and Dwayne entertained me royally

From Missoula, MT to Kalispell, MT, I took a road never travelled during my 3 summers in the National Parks in the West ( Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier). The scenery was beautiful. I hope you enjoy my travelogue. First stop was at St. Ignatius, MT. A very old (by Western standards) town settled by a Catholic priest, who was instrumental in getting agriculture started in the area. The church is beautiful.

Get out your magnifying glass or double click on the sign and learn about this intelligent, capable, knowledgable priest and the influence he had in developing this valley.

The church is quite large for such a small community and its surrounding area.

and quite elaborate and beautiful inside for a frontier church.

That strip of blue between the grass and the Tetons is Flathead Lake...one huge lake. There is a lot of recreation on Flathead, and the east side grows the most succulent cherries and apricots...other fruits also... but I couldn't get my fill of the cherries and apricots to try the others.

That white dot in the middle of the picture is a sailboat, a large sailboat. As I said, Flathead Lake is one huge lake.

Good friends Susan and Dwayne on their front porch. We met in 2005 when I worked at Lake MacDonald gift shop in Glacier National Park, my second Park summer adventure. We met again in 2006 when we worked in The Tetons. Susie and I would go into Jackson, poke around, shop, and have a good dinner on the nights Dwayne had to work late. Dwayne wouldn't have relished the Salmon with Vodka that Susie still remember and talk about; Dwayne is a meat and potatoes guy!! She and I liked to do lots of the same things, so we became

good friends

and have stayed in touch.

Susie put the top down on her convertible and took me for a ride in Glacier National Park to revisit that magnificient scenery. It was a spectacularly beautiful Western summer day.

Not only did we revisit the mountain scenery, we visited with Bev (above) and Karen, two of the managers we had worked with when we spent the summer in the park...and they are still 'at it'.