Weekly Recap: Missoula (MT)

Since football begins at 11 am MST, we decided to leave our Townsend campsite early enough to get to Missoula for kickoff. Camp breakdown and the drive were easy. It was a sunny, dry day. Check in for our campsite wasn't until 1 pm so we parked at a Walmart and walked over to a Buffalo Wild Wings. Everything was smooth sailing until we got to our campsite, where we learned that they were shutting the campground water off the next morning due to freezing temperatures. We booked this site with full hookups (power, water, sewage) so this was frustrating to hear. At this time of year there are few options for us as a lot of campgrounds close. We filled up our water tank and settled in for the week. We were close to the camp bathrooms so we didn't really use our camper facilities at all.

Monday we woke up early to go lift at Planet Fitness. We showered there and then headed home for work. One of our propane tanks ran out so we went on an absolute journey to get gas, dinner, air in our tire, and a propane refill that ended up take over an hour and we ONLY got gas and dinner. We went to bed frustrated. Tuesday was a day of work and a run to an RV store for propane and Costco for groceries.

Wednesday was another early morning at Planet Fitness and then Bryn went to Panera to work for the day. We met back up at the end of the workday to go play disc golf at Blue Mountain, which was a blast. It was a challenging course with a lot of tough terrain. The locals we met playing were friendly and we had a great time even though we were definitely tired by the end. Afterwards we headed to the Notorious P.I.G. BBQ for dinner which was delicious! We were so lucky that they still had a good selection of meats since we did arrive less than an hour before they closed.

 

Thursday we planned to go to some breweries after work, so we headed out around 5 to Imagine Nation, a small brewery on the Clark Fork River. From there, we headed to Conflux Brewing Co. which is downtown. Conflux had a much larger beer list and a warehouse/new build vibe which we enjoyed. We got poutine with tater tots but the gravy was not at all a classic poutine gravy. It was reddish in color and was a little chunky, probably tomato based. Still good flavor, but not what we expected! 

 

Friday we split up for the weekend. Shawn stayed in Missoula and spent the weekend inside due to some very cold rainy weather that would not lift. He ran a remote session for his old D&D group, watched a Bruins game at a bar, and saw Black Adam in theaters. Bryn had a bit more intense weekend, as she flew to Denver to go see Jukebox the Ghost's HalloQueen concert. The brunch at Safta's is a must-have if you're in Denver!

 

We met back up Sunday afternoon and drove a couple hours up to Kalispell, MT to spend the week in Glacier.  The drive was very scenic as we drove up between Flathead Lake on our west and the snow capped mountain range on our east.