Tomorrow we'll be in Kalispell. Given the remote route we'll likely take across the northern tier of States, it may be sort of like a last exposure to Western Civilization before trekking further east. We came into Kalispell in increasing rain. Rain is due to last for a while though, and we will have to use care not to get ahead of the front and have it catch us again. I even did the laundry to avoid watching.
Whitefish is a particularly attractive town.
Not so in Whitefish. The homes are small, but extremely neat. We stopped for breakfast this Saturday morning of the Labor Day weekend in West Glacier. They'd had their first rain for a long time here overnight, and the locals were greatly relieved to finally see the first signs of seasonal change. And while the first rains may have driven out some of the faint hearted, clearly the High Season here has ended.