Fairmont Hot Springs to Big Fork for a night, Sept 23, 24

 We drove from Fairmont Hot Springs down the valley and east back into the grasslands. We crossed the border at another small crossing and got right through, always a relief. Then, we continued back down route 93 and stopped in the cute touristy town of Whitefish where we ate lunch at a Mexican place - tacos/burritos. [Pesca Blanca]Then we detoured a little bit to see Kalispell on Maura’s advice. And, then we drove on to Big Fork. The three areas have a lot more population than we had expected.
   We stayed at a motel in Big Fork, Timbers. David and Maura met us there almost as soon as we arrived and we all went over to her dad’s place. He has a new place in a beautiful area on a big golf course. A lovely 2-bedroom home. The man who he bought it from was a golf fanatic and left Dennis lots of golf-related things, including comforters with golfing icons and even a coffee table that looks like a golf bag below.

    It was our first time meeting Maura’s brother, Jordan. We then all went out to Flathead Lake Brewing Company for a really nice dinner. Then, we drove back to Dennis’s for a little bit and back to the motel.
   The next day, we all met back at Dennis’s and went to Pocketstone Cafe for a huge breakfast. The weather was nice which was nice as the other time we were in Big Fork it was rainy and foggy. Mark and David went out to Echo where Maura grew up. David aligned his rifle.
    Afterwards we all went back to Missoula. We returned our car, a little Nissan Sentra and David picked us up. We get another car tomorrow.