Western Adventure #26 & #27: A Birthday, Flathead Lake, and a Rodeo

Day 26–8/28/2024 

We woke to cloudy, rainy skies. It is Gloria’s birthday. They went to pick up David’s daughter, Emily, while the Crafts went shopping. We stayed around the camper waiting for the weather to clear. But it took a long time. Laurie and I went grocery shopping at Super 1 Foods. 

After dinner, we went over to the Roth’s camper to celebrate Gloria’s birthday. Linda Craft made her cake.

Day 27–8/29/2024

We rode with Ron and Laurie over to Flathead Lake to see what we could see. We paid to come into one of the state parks. That covered us for any other state parks we went to. We drove around looking at the picnic areas and the campgrounds. We also stopped at a marina and enjoyed the boats moored there and the clear water of Flathead Lake. 

We went into the little town of Dayton. School was going on, and businesses were open. It was a quaint little place. I saw some ducks swimming in a stream.

When we got finished with looking around there, we went back to the campground to get ready for the rodeo.

We went to the rodeo. It was quite the spectacle. It was a typical rodeo with a near-death experience and children riding bucking "broncos."  It was cold outside by my standards. Yet there were young girls dressed so scantily! I wanted to put a coat on them. We left early because we got tired after two hours of sitting, and it was getting too hard to see. Here's a video of one of the children riding.