It was raining again this morning when we woke up. It’s been raining since we’ve been back so it has been a good time to do inside things. Yesterday the most important accomplishment was making reservations for our trip to Vermont this fall. We didn’t go last year because we went to see Penny’s sister in Texas and we found that we missed it. We are going up there for 2 weeks to relax and enjoy the area. I may even use some time up there to work on my book.
A good portion of the day was taken by shopping. We are preparing for our upcoming trip to Montana and Penny needed a decent backpack. We actually found a good one on sale at Eddie Bauer in the outlet mall. We also bought some high-quality hiking socks. I surprised Penny by turning into Harbordocks for lunch. I figured we could have our anniversary lunch 1 day late. Harbordocks didn’t let us down—we had a great meal and a good time.
I spent the evening researching hiking trails at Glacier National Park. The more I read and see the more excited I get. Except for a scenic bus ride, all we plan to do is to hike around and enjoy the Rocky Mountains. There are plenty of hiking trails for us to take and the most scenic ones are around the hotel we are staying at in the park. We enjoyed the mountain scenery in Alaska and Montana appears to rival what we saw up there.
Now, back to our rainy Wednesday morning. We had very little milk in the house so cereal was out for breakfast. Instead Penny “conned” me into making egg in a basket. I made it with nice crusty Italian bread that we got at Fresh Market on Tuesday. The bread had some Rosemary baked into the crust and made for a wonderful breakfast.
I did some laundry while I continued my research on Montana. This trip is challenging to pack for. We are not going to check any bags on this trip. The weather in the mountains is changeable with temperatures reaching the mid-80s in the day and dropping to the mid-40s overnight. We can expect lots of wind (bad for Penny’s ears) and sudden rain. So we are packing as light as we can but hoping to stay comfortable.
The hotel we stay at, Many Glacier Hotel, was built in 1915. It has no air conditioning and no Internet. It is, however, in a stunningly beautiful lakeside location surrounded by mountains.
I’ve done sufficient research now to know that we have many options available for each day we are there.
I saw on the early evening news that the rain was over and because of the stormy weather the surf was huge. The Sun was out so I decided to take a beach walk.
The surf was kicking up a mist like it does all the time on the East coast. I had to keep wiping the salt spray off my glasses. I had over a mile of beach all to myself. There must have been a good strong wind most of the day because there were little shell all over standing on pedestals of sand—the surrounding sand being blown away with the weight of the shell holding the sand under it in place.
I saw lots of birds and what I thought was a good-sized shell. When I drew near to it, however, it moved. It turned out to be a big sand crab (as big as my hand) and when he decided I was getting too close he stood up to face me and defend himself if he must.
I took some pictures and finished up my walk just before sunset. On the way home I picked up some milk. Breakfast tomorrow will likely be cereal.
KITTY UPDATE—When it rains the cats don’t always show up. Yesterday only Buzz was there. The last time I had seen Meredith she was limping and her rear leg was swollen to twice its normal size. She also wouldn’t let me touch her and barely ate. So her not being there yesterday worried me.
Tonight, before my beach walk, I went out to see if any cats were around. As soon as Buzz heard me he jumped down from the roof and came to see me. As I was petting him I heard Meredith’s high-pitched meow. I looked up and there she was, coming down off the roof, favoring the rear leg. The leg was almost normal size but she didn’t put weight on it. Tonight she came and let me pet her. She wanted to stand on me with her wet little feet the way she used to but couldn’t do it.
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