Day 13- Missoula

Adios Helena! Our buttocks will remember you from yesterday’s hike. Driving to Missoula gawking at these giant haystacks.
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Stopped in Missoula for a walk along the Clark Fork river and ate bbq lunch at the Notorious P.I.G. People know how to cook around here! Missoula seems like a cool place. 
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On the way to the Polson/ Flathead Lake KOA we saw a sign “1,000 Buddhas”- next exit. My sweet man agreed to stop and let me check it out. He and Fern napped in the truck while I took a long circular walk around alleged “1,000 Buddhas” statues and monestary in the middle of nowhere Montana. I had my peaceful moment sitting near a pond overlooking fields to the Rockies with old statues and a wind chime then walked the long walk back to the truck. Namaste y’all! 
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Grabbed some wine and checked into our KOA cabin with a killer private back deck hot tub and real bed in Polson, MT.  This might be the prettiest campsite yet, overlooking the massive and beautiful Flathead Lake. Dinner was crackers and various cheeses from the cooler and wine from a Polson grocery store. This hot tub shoud win a humanitarian award- it’s jets pounded our aging, aching legs and feet from the hike in Helena the day before (plus days and days of driving). Jason and Fern will enjoy the remainder of this trip together as Monica is exercising squatters rights at the KOA cabin back deck. Y’all come visit! 
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I love Montana- you can be free and breathe here without endless rules and commentary of regular life. 
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