What a lucky break that we saw sunny skies traveling over the Going to the Sun highway both ways. Stopping at the visitor's center near the summit we observed a small pica that was upset with people passing so close to his den. One visitor thought it was animated with a sound track until it scurried across the ground to a new location. You can see him verbalizing in the picture. The pica was probably the
largest animal we saw in the park. We are not sure where the other animals were hiding; maybe they had headed to the lower valleys for the coming winter. We took our time going over the pass and down into the valley looking for a lunch spot along the way. It was not until we were down to Lake MacDonald that we found a nice site. The log along the shore was not very soft to sit on but it had a wonderful view where we spotted a bald eagle fishing, as well as a loon and other small birds. Again we did not see any of the big animals like elk, deer or bear. After leaving Glacier National Park we started our way on
west. Our travel took us down the west side of Flathead Lake before we headed west along the Lewis river and found a nice motel at Thompson Falls to spend the night. Of course a nice shower after a couple of nights camping is a real reward. After cleaning up we went to dinner at a local establishment with lots of pictures of local history. We learned that Thompson Falls no
longer exist as it was covered over when they built hydroelectric facilities on the river. Later when checking our receipts we realized we had not left the waitress a tip as we were distracted at the cash register so we decided we needed to go there for breakfast to right the wrong. Of course we slept well in a nice warm room after a fine dinner and good shower.
What a lucky break that we saw sunny skies traveling over the Going to the Sun highway both ways. Stopping at the visitor's center near the summit we observed a small pica that was upset with people passing so close to his den. One visitor thought it was animated with a sound track until it scurried across the ground to a new location. You can see him verbalizing in the picture. The pica was probably the 
largest animal we saw in the park. We are not sure where the other animals were hiding; maybe they had headed to the lower valleys for the coming winter. We took our time going over the pass and down into the valley looking for a lunch spot along the way. It was not until we were down to Lake MacDonald that we found a nice site. The log along the shore was not very soft to sit on but it had a wonderful view where we spotted a bald eagle fishing, as well as a loon and other small birds. Again we did not see any of the big animals like elk, deer or bear. After leaving Glacier National Park we started our way on
west. Our travel took us down the west side of Flathead Lake before we headed west along the Lewis river and found a nice motel at Thompson Falls to spend the night. Of course a nice shower after a couple of nights camping is a real reward. After cleaning up we went to dinner at a local establishment with lots of pictures of local history. We learned that Thompson Falls no 
longer exist as it was covered over when they built hydroelectric facilities on the river. Later when checking our receipts we realized we had not left the waitress a tip as we were distracted at the cash register so we decided we needed to go there for breakfast to right the wrong. Of course we slept well in a nice warm room after a fine dinner and good shower.
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