Travel
Summer slows and trips do to
Earlier this month my partner and I were in the thick of preparing for our annual summer adventure. We were fixed on a road trip in our ancient Japanese van (Vancent) that’d take us from Portland, OR out to Whitefish, Montana. We planned to start with three days of bikepacking through the outer edges of Glacier National Park. Afterward, we’d booked camp sites in the park we’d pass the days hiking the best trails of Glacier before heading back home. I’ve never been to Glacier National Park or even Montana and this felt like a perfect introduction.
But then it started raining. And we started worrying. Both of us have adventured in the rain before. In fact, I don’t think I actually saw Mt. Blanc during our entire trip around it, covered in clouds and falling rain as it was. But then it got worse. Bad enough to close sections of the park and put my glacial dreams to pasture. Left with only a few days before our intended start we pivoted into planning mode. Our goal? Drive somewhere that would be warm, dry and have plenty to do outside.