Jacqueline’s Jaunts

We both slept for eleven hours. I can't believe Barry slept that long. It's not like him. On the other hand, I can! The KOA offers a free breakfast for its campers. We decided to try it out, so we walked over. They had French toast sticks, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, a large bowl of cut-up melons, cereal, instant oatmeal packets, juices, coffee, and some stuff I’m sure I missed. Lots of great choices.  The large rec room next to the breakfast area was video game heaven. All the video games they had were the old ones like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, and so many more. There must be twenty machines in the room. All of them cost twenty-five cents a game. These were all the games I played with my youngest brother, Shawn, when I was in high school. We loved playing Pac-Man. Ping-pong, air-hockey, pool, and fussball were also available.  As we left, we decided to walk out to see the pool area. Three-quarters of the pool was under a roof. There was a pipe sticking ou...

Crazy wind and cold again. We left this morning for the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The road is closed at Logan Pass due to avalanches and additional snow from the past few days. We can only drive about a third of the way. Better than not being able to drive it at all. I know we missed a lot due to the weather, but that was the only reservation I could get. Someone canceled right before I called last year on November 25 th .  The Going-to-the-Sun Road was beautiful, with many pullouts and trailheads.  We decided to stop and hike the Gunsight Trail. It was only a 1.3-mile trail, one way. We hiked for about half an hour, going downhill the entire time. It was a pretty good, steep trail. I was concerned about going back up, so we decided to head back up the trail. We did slowly due to Barry’s knee. It was still a beautiful hike, and I captured some great photos of wildflowers.  We decided to have lunch at the Rising Sun Picnic area. We found a partly shaded picnic ...