Big Fork Arrival, October 9

    Today we followed David to the Subaru dealer to have Maura's car serviced and then we took off for Big Fork where we have rented a BIG house. The hills were covered with snow just outside Missoula, but the sun came out and the temperature rose as we drove into the Flathead Valley. We stopped for groceries near Polson at a Harvest Foods. Flathead Lake was stunning in the sunlight.
   We are renting a 5-bedroom house on Route 35. It has two levels. You walk in the upstairs level into a large living room with comfy chairs (all recline) and a gas fireplace. The kitchen is large and well equipped. Best of all, there are 2 stoves and 2 refrigerators which will make it much easier for Nick to cater the Open House that we are hosting on Sunday.

   Our master suite is massive with a king bed, a sitting area with a gas fireplace, a bathroom with 2 dressing rooms, a sauna and also a big tub in a kind of weird raised altar-like area.
    Across the living room are two other bedrooms with a shared bathroom. Also upstairs is a small dining area and a small sitting room. There is another bathroom and a laundry room with the second refrigerator which we will use as a prep area.
   There is a large deck with lots of patio furniture and a high-topped patio table with a firepit in the middle. It overlooks the backyard which is a large green lawn.
    Downstairs are 2 tv areas, another bathroom and 2 bedrooms. We have picked one for Nick which has an office area right outside of it. The second tv area downstairs has a huge projector tv with more comfy reclining chairs and 4 single beds. So, the house is massive - 6,600 square feet.
   We got settled in and had a relaxing evening sitting in "our" bedroom sitting area with the gas fire.