Author: Kari

What a gorgeous drive down! Not a cloud in the sky! We went down Hwy 22, over to Pincher Creek and down Hwy 6. A bit south of Twin Butte, there is an overlook with fantastic views to the mountains!! At the end of September, this area was absolutely dumped on in a Fall snowstorm… our roads were great, but there was still lots of snow in the fields!! This first photo is looking south towards the Waterton National Park entrance and town of Waterton:

This photo is looking southeast towards Chief Mountain:

And this is looking southwest:

After leaving this overlook, we headed to Hwy 5 to Cardston, and down Hwy 2 to the Border. Then we used “The Duck Lake Road” and went around the south end of Glacier National Park and into Whitefish. The snow disappeared after crossing over Marias Pass (the Continental Divide), and we didn’t see it again until on our way home!

(With all the snow at the end of September, Going To The Sun Road through Glacier was closed at the top, at Logan Pass, and for several miles down each side.)

Saturday was another glorious day, cool but gorgeous!! We drove out to Glacier and stopped at the SW end of McDonald Lake. These first few photos are looking SW down Lake McDonald from Fish Creek Campground:

We had a picnic lunch, including a wee bit of the red stuff! 🍷🍷

This photo is looking NE up Lake McDonald towards Glacier’s peaks:

Then we went over to McDonald Creek, near where it comes out of the Lake and near Apgar Village:

We took Camas Road to the north, to where it joined N Fork Road at the North Fork Flathead River:

Checkin’ for fish in the North Fork!

From here, we went south along the North Fork, and into the north side of Columbia Falls!

On Sunday we decided to take a drive all the way around Flathead Lake. We went down the east side to Polson, and then back north on the west side. We had more and more blue sky as we headed south… again, it was a beautiful day!

We stopped at Yellow Bay, at the Flathead Lake State Park there. These next two photos are looking SW down Flathead Lake:

Then we drove out Finley Point … none of us had been out to Finley Point before – it was well-worth the drive!!

And by the time we got to the Flathead Lake State Park on Finley Point, it was time for another picnic lunch! And some more… 🍷🍷 😆

Brian and I had never been up Blacktail Mountain, so up we went! Here are some photos from near the top:

Unfortunately we couldn’t get all the way to the Blacktail Ski Area… it is still closed until the Ski Season starts.

We checked out early, and had breakfast at our favorite Breakfast Joint!

Our drive home was uneventful, and easy. And we got home in plenty of time to pick up our doggies along the way.