Tuesday, July 16 This morning’s ride was a scene of many layers: Blue sky breaking through overhead, thick grey clouds capping the mountain peaks, dusky blue/green mountain ranges, white clouds trapped in the lower valleys, healthy tall dark green forest, bright green mountain meadows, diseased forest with straight, grey, naked tree trunks, swift-flowing blue/white Flathead River, and healthy green new forest. Twenty miles of it . . . all the way to Polebridge. Leaving the park, Polebridge is a little community gathered around a general store and a few other little buildings. It is on a dead-end road, and thus there is no need to officially enter the park again on the return trip! Polebridge Mercantile was packed with people and busy, busy, busy. Aside from the nice array of souvenirs there is a kitchen in the back with an active bakery shoving out all kinds of fresh baked rolls – many of them filled with huckleberry filling. Their biggest seller is the Bear Claw, that looks just like . . . a Bear Claw. We got two! They also do sandwiches – hot and cold. Past Polebridge we took the road back to Bowman Lake – six miles of bone-jarring, teeth cracking, breath-catching, titty-bouncing, narrow, dirt, washboard road. Top speed 13 mph! It was so bad I figured nobody would be back at the lake or the campground! WRONG! We felt like a member of some special survivor road club! I tried my best to get pictures, but they don’t show the wicked nature of the road, and I was afraid I would knock myself silly with the camera! Then we had to do that road all over again; it seemed faster this time!
Around dinner-time it began sprinkling . . . just lightly, but enough to coax us into town to eat! When we returned we packed up, ready for an early launch in the morning.
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We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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