Friday Day Eight . Helena. A good nights sleep was had by all. Early breakfast at 8am. This consisted of Fluffy American pancakes, scrambled egg, a sausage, fruit and maple syrup. Very filling. The owner of the B and B was very chatty and wanted to know about UK and where we lived. Also some politics. She is democratic and anti Trump. Wanted to know how we cared for people with mental illness and the homeless. the weather was much cooler today. Layers were needed...

Thursday day seven Woke to very different weather. The clouds had come down and the mountains could not be seen. It was much colder, around 40 f. Brrr. Decided to eat breakfast on the road. Checked out of the hotel, got some petrol at 3 dollars a gallon. And set off for Helena. The journey takes us south on the 89 towards Browning. There were long stretches of road works, unlike anything I have seen in uk. The mountains were still obscured but the sun starts to ...

wednescay day six decided to have a breakfast of fruit and went to the hotel and glacier perk and had a cinnamon scone and coffee. We had booked a two hour boat ride at 11 from many glacier. This was a 21 miles over rough roads and lots of potholes. We had lots of stops as the views were superb. Martin drove and also drove on the run to the sun road. under supervision of course. The towering mountains ahead and lake below. The hotel many glacier lodge is purport...

Tuesday day five - We said goodby to whitefish and are travelling to Saint Mary’s, glacier National Park. Originally we were going to travel the 50 miles along the run to the sun road. This cuts through the mountains of glacier. However a wild fire broke several weeks ago out at lake Mc Donald and the Park Authority’s closed the road. We decided to travel to lake McDonald and the village of Apgar. The weather is clear and warm. Stopped off on the way to Mart...

Monday day four . After a breakfast of waffles, fruit, maple syrup and yogurt got us off to a reasonably healthy start!! We drove the car to down town Whitefish and parked near the railway station. Trains are big in Montana and comprise of two trains and hundreds of trucks so it was good to see passenger trains. The station looks like a Disney building it was so perfect. The track stretched for miles in both directions. We spoke to a couple of Amish looking peopl...