Day 52 – Whitefish MT

We explored our area today starting with a drive to Whitefish. It is a big ski area, so we drove up to Big Mountain. As we parked the car, we saw two deer in the shade of one of the many condos there. The big one had some tumors which was a little disturbing. We took the ski lift up to the summit which was a 7 minute ride way up with incredible scenery even if it was a little hazy today. We decided to have lunch at the top at the Summit House restaurant. It turned out to be one of our better meals on this trip. We were seated by the window with a great view since there were only a few of us in the restaurant. The soup of the day was cream of mushroom with ham and bacon. It sounded so strange we had to try it, and it was wonderful. (Photo online) I had a fish panini that was excellent with a wonderful remoulade sauce. We certainly didn’t expect this quality of food at the top of a mountain.

After going to the grocery, we headed back to Hungry Horse. In the middle of town is this huge steel ball, 8’ in diameter weighing 4.5 tons. It was used to clear the area when they were building the Hungry Horse Dam. They would drag it with tractors, and the ball would knock down everything in its path! Rather impressive. We drove on out to the dam where the visitors center was open. We looked at all the exhibits. It was a rather interesting place, and the dam is huge!

We came back to the RV to rest, relax, and chill. It was 90+ today, but under our awning in the shade, it wasn’t too bad to sit out there and read.

I added 8 more photos to the end of Glacier2 (link on the left) including a photo of our RV site here.