Mike ran the generator some at lunch time to charge up our house batteries. We drove over to the town of St. Mary which is just outside the east entrance to Glacier National Park about 2 p.m.
We stopped at the St. Mary Supermarket and filled up the portable propane tank and checked to see how easy it would be to park the RV to get some propane for the onboard tank. I looked around inside the Supermarket and since it's early in the season they only had a little fresh produce and the freezer compartments were practically empty.
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Then we went into the Trail Creek Outfitters shop at the St. Mary Lodge & Resort to look around. They were having a sale with 40% off on regular priced clothing. Mike & I each got a lined & reversible nylon jacket.
We went in to the St. Mary Gift Shop located in the main Lodge. We bought a couple of souvenirs and mailed the postcards we had gotten at the St. Mary Visitor Center yesterday.
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We found out at the Gift Shop that the avalanche area we passed yesterday on the Going-to-the-Sun Road happened a week ago.
We decided to "top off" the gas tank in the Vue and got gas at the St. Mary Lodge Sinclair Gas Station. We got 8.8 gallons and paid $3.999 a gallon. There is an Exxon station in St. Mary and it is the same price.
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We saw this Going-to-the-Sun Road tour bus pass the Lodge and head up towards Glacier National Park.
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We had brought the tripod with us and got a photo by the Glacier National Park entrance sign.
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On the way through the campground we were able to get a photo of the Columbian Ground Squirrels that are running around here.
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We had left Tinker at home in the RV, so when we got back from shopping we all went for a walk. There is a trail across from the RV that looks like its been made by wildlife and we walked up it and through some trees and came out on a small meadow.
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Tinker likes to go "hiking" and there was another trail in the meadow that had been made by deer. Tinker got some really good smells and wanted to follow the trail.
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We headed back to the RV and I got this photo of Mike & Tinker
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and when we came out of the trees there was this view of our RV and the mountains.
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Tonight after dinner Tinker got on our bed for a nap and Mike covered him up with his shirt. I took this photo of Tinker on the bed.
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Tomorrow we leave here and head north to cross into Canada. We'll be spending a couple of days in Calgary. We won't be using our Verizon MiFi broadband while we're in Canada (the roaming fees make it too expensive). We'll be depending on wi-fi access at campgrounds and libraries, so I may not be able to update our blog on a daily basis.
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