Day 11 – July 15, Thursday
Today is Jay’s birthday. This morning I surprised him with a birthday card. Our plan today is to drive from Helena to Kalispell, MT. The drive should only take about 4 hours. Because it is a short drive today, I did not get Jay up quite as early as most of the mornings. We filled up with gas, bought groceries and got snacks for on the road. It was a very pretty drive. A lot of it was through National Forests, so there was not a lot of towns to drive through. We did find a place to stop and make sandwiches for lunch. We arrive in Kalispell a little after two. Our room was ready at the hotel so we were able to check in. I ended up splurging on the cost of the hotel room, because everything was booked up. Kalispell was the closet I could get to Glacier National Park.
I found a bakery that made cupcakes decorated as flowers. We bought two to celebrate Jay’s birthday. I then let Jay decide what he wanted to do. He wanted to go see a movie. So off we went. After the movie, I asked him where he wanted to eat supper and he chose Subway. Since that is what he wanted, that is what we did. We picked up the sandwiches and took them back to the hotel to eat. The cupcakes were for dessert. They were good. I think Jay enjoyed his birthday.
