Aftermath - Big Fork to Missoula, October 15, 16

  October 15 - A long day! Jecca, Mark and Barbara got up at 4 a.m. to drive Jecca to the airport in Kalispell for a 6 a.m. flight. It was still dark when we got home.
    David came over by 9 and he and Nick went to the venue and gathered up the rental equipment and then sorted out the rest of the stuff that needed to be picked up and taken back to Missoula - flowers, centerpiece items, decorations, cards, presents, lots of leftover wine and beer..... Dennis took some to his house. David and Maura packed their cars to the top and used our truck as well. But, they finished by noon which was quite amazing.

   Michael, Nancy, Marwan and Shelley left around 10:30, although they had to come back after about 10 minutes as Shelley had forgotten a pair of boots. They drove to Gardiner, MT outside of Yellowstone for 4 nights. Their windshield broke and they had to replace their Jeep in Missoula, but managed to get to their rental before dark.
   Ted and Bev left the house around 10:30 for their flight. They took Ben with them as he was flying out at the same time, although to different places. Ted and Bev went to Seattle and on to Phoenix and then rented a car to drive to Sedona for a few days. Ben went home to Boston.
  We followed Dennis home in his truck and said goodbye to Jordan. We drove around and took a few photos out toward Echo.

   Last to leave was Nick. We took him to the airport around 4:30. Unfortunately, he was very delayed and would have missed his connection in Seattle except that that flight was also delayed. He took the red-eye into Boston, landing around 6 a.m. and then drove to N.H.
   We took the evening to relax, clean, eat leftover and sit in the sauna and decompress.
   October 16 -
 We puttered around the rental in the morning, taking our last sauna and doing the last-minute cleaning and chat with Ann Lamm, our landlady, a very nice woman.
    We drove into Big Fork and bought some t-shirts and then drove to Missoula. David and Maura seemed quite relaxed and happy to be back home and unpacked and with their pets. We went out to a restaurant called Eza  for a lovely dinner and then a relaxing and early-to-bed evening.