Good-bye Washington; Montana, here we come – Post 31 of our August Seattle Trip

Here is the final catch-up flashback post from our August vacation to Seattle. On the last day of August, we bid a fond farewell to our West Seattle home for the month, and our excellent hosts, Amy and Ian. We plan to be back!

On the way home we decided to stop at Flathead Lake, Montana. It was a bit out of our way, but it was recommended by a friend of mine who is from Montana and goes up there every summer. It’s a huge lake, very clean and beautiful.

We arrived in the evening and after we got our camper van situated, we took a quick walk in the dark to see the water.

The next morning was beautiful.

The highlight of our short Flathead Lake side trip was when John rented a small sailboat for the afternoon. He wanted to see how Biska does on a sailboat, because we are thinking of taking her with us to Florida in February.

Turns out she does just fine!

We didn’t have a lot wind that day, but it was enough to sail a little bit.

It was fun being out on a sailboat again. It was a similar size as ours – a little one.

We stayed in a bay and didn’t go too far out in the lake.

It was mostly rural around the lake, but this huge mansion on an island gave us something to gawk at.

After awhile the wind picked up, which was useful at first, but with the wind came afternoon thunder clouds. I don’t like the prospect of lightning when I’m in a sailboat with the mast pointed into the sky, so we headed back.

And that’s the last of the posts from our excellent summer trip up north. I hope you enjoyed the series. We certainly enjoyed the trip.

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