What a Difference a Day Makes

Exhibit A:  The view from Jenny’s pillow looking out at Swiftcurrent Lake and the amphitheater of mountains surrounding the Many Glacier Hotel.  Thanks to the work of our sis in law Tracy who managed to book a pair of rooms in this hard to get location.  Many Glacier is the most remote hotel in the park.  If you want to see a sunrise or sunset from that location you pretty much have to overnight it.

Our vacation ended when we said goodbye to the Boemmels at the highest point in the Going to the Sun Road - Logan Pass.  But we still had a three day drive back to Cheeseland.  We tried the Super 8 in Havre, Montana but it was a little . . .weird. I was met at the door by two dogs.  I thought the woman behind the desk would apologize but instead  she picked up the smaller of the two and held it in her arm like Doctor Evil from Austin Powers while she checked on the room rates.  I don’t have a problem with dogs.  One of my favorite Hagens is Mojo Hagen, who has better manners than most of the people I know.  But they shouldn't be waiting for you in the hotel lobby like Walmart greeters.  We moved on.  

Exhibit B:  The view from the Maltana - Trip Advisor’s NUMBER ONE hotel in Malta, Montana.  I can’t make this stuff up.  Okay, we didn’t actually stay in the Maltana, we stayed in the NUMBER TWO rated hotel in Malta, the Great Northern.  The GN, as it’s known by the locals, is one stop shopping at its best.  Hotel, casino, bar, liquor store, cafe, restaurant, laundry, underground parking.  This place had everything.  All they left out was the car wash and the massage parlor.  We didn't ask...