My last day in the Glacier Park district and the day started warm and sunny.
As my train was scheduled to leave Whitefish Amtrak Station at 9:16 pm I had plenty
of time to spend this day useful.
First item on my task list was obviously packing and checking out of my motel in Kalispell.
As I didn’t buy anything I thought packing would be a doddle but as Amtrak has weight
restrictions of not more then 50 lb per bag I had to split my belongings carefully between
the two bags I am travelling with.
“Completely exhausted” from this tedious task I headed for breakfast in Whitefish to be close
to the train station as I wanted to check my bags in afterwards.
I noticed that the Whitefish Museum which is based in the train station was open this morning
so a visit at least on my last day was more then appropriate. Interesting collection of memorabilia
of the towns history. Whitefish started originally as a logging town and much later as a little ski resort
and a gateway into the National Park after the road through the park was finished in 1932.
With all of this done I headead for the town beach of Whitefish Lake to enjoy the splendid scenery:
mountains, blue sky and just a few clouds. Picture postcard scenery !
With the beautifull things done I killed the remaining time visiting the local Home Depot and Walmart store
just to be confirmed, again, that over here everything is XXL
After a nice very late lunch and having filled up the car with gas I made my way to the station to return my
car and then wait for my departure. The waiting room filled up quickly and it was interesting to see that trains
as a method of transport have not yet completely gone out of fashion. One of the reasons was for sure the
Labour Day weekend as Monday is a holiday in the States.
The train, scheduled for arrival at 8:56 pm was delayed by 30min and finally pulled into Whitefish at 9:35 pm
so that we left at almost 10 pm.
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