Friends, Brew Pub Tours, and GNP ! BUSY !!

I can not believe that this is already August 21st !  The Summer is flying by !!  This last week we had some of our best friends from back home come out for a visit, the Loves (Scott and Aliesha) and the Browns (Scott and Patty).  The Loves arrived last Saturday.  We hung out with them, caught up, and had an awesome dinner at Finley Point Grill.  On Sunday we headed down to Missoula to pick up the Browns.  On the way down we stopped at the lower Mission Falls and the Mission Reservoir with the Loves........................

We then shot down to the Airport to pick-up the Browns.  They had all rented "the Secret Service Vehicle" so that we could all explore together........here are some agents now.................

From the Airport we commenced on an 8 brewery tour with a stop for lunch.........here are some of the pics.  We did Group selfies in front of all the breweries, but I will spare you all of them.......

You get the idea.  On Monday we went up to Glacier National Park.  This is in my opinion one of the most beautiful places on this Earth.  The whole group agreed.  I was worried that the views would be covered by smoke because there are fires all over the Northwestern US that have been putting smoke in our area.  Be we lucked out and it was a beautiful day.  Not more that a mile or two from the gate we saw a pretty good sized Black Bear along side the road, but he was gone before we could get a pic.  Here are some pics of the Park........................

And here is one of us love birds.............................

And if you have a "Little Captain" in you...................

And another one of the Love Birds....................

On Tuesday we took a hike to Lower Crow Creek Falls.  They were much different than the last time we were there, as the water levels were very low........................

In the afternoon we borrowed a Pontoon Boat from the Resort Owners and went out on Flathead lake.  Once we were out to the islands we ran across a Bald Eagle Family.  Mom, Dad, and Junior.  Of course Dad took off and here is a pic of Mom and Junior.  Junior is hard to see because they do not get their white head feathers until they are older, he is 2 trees to the left and on the bottom branch.........

Here is a shot of my motley crew.............................

Wednesday found us hitting the suds again.  We did the round the lake Brew Tour.  5 breweries, 1 distillery, and 2 bars........Here we are in Down Town Whitefish at the Great Northern............

Everybody flew out on Thursday, the Loves to Vegas (LUCKY !) and the Browns back home.  For the most part a fun time with our friends from back home.

I will leave you with 2 signs that we saw in our brewery adventures.................this one is so true......Bren you are a trooper.............................

And my favorite........(I am going there tomorrow....)..............................

More to come !