Missoula October 5 - 8

   We arrived on  Saturday, October 5 in time to see David before he went to work. We met the new pup, Dutch, who is adorable and already pretty well trained and very mellow. After Maura came home from her wedding dress fitting (!), the three of us went shopping for dinner and also stopped in to QuickPaws where David works and he showed us around. Later, we had a nice meal made in their hot pot.

    On the 6th, we all did various errands. David and Mark went to pick up David's wedding suit (!), changed a propane tank and brought back delicious lunch bowls from Five on Black. Maura and Barbara went downtown shopping. First, she showed Barbara her work place and her office. We looked for shoes for Barbara (didn't get them then) and looked for something warm for Maura to wear over her wedding dress. At the third store, we were successful and she got a bolero sweater. Barbara and Mark went to Dillard's in the afternoon and Barbara finally got her wedding shoes. Later, Maura's cousins - Phil and Connie came over for dinner, a la Mark. He did speidis on the grill, roasted cauliflower and brussel sprouts and Barbara made a salad. We got yummy cupcakes at Bernice's Bakery. We all had a lovely evening.

    On the 7th, David and Maura went off to work and we ran errands - got the Clarity an oil change and got food for dinner.
    On the 8th, we had rain. David had a hiking day with 8 dogs and he took Maebe with him. Before the rain, Barbara and Mark took Dutch up almost to the first switch back. We gathered lots of supplies to bake for the Open House as Jecca, Mark and Barbara will do the desserts and Nick will do the rest of the food. Mike, Nancy, Ted and Bev flew in to Kalispell and will spend 2 nights in Whitefish.