Browning

Snow. It is a cold, dreary day in Browning. The mountains, usually visible from the school are well hidden. The kids are all in their respective classrooms, so that gives me a bit of time to try to blog.

The flight from Kansas City was uneventful. The plane to Denver was full and we were among the last to board, so we were all spread out. The layover in Denver was very short, but we landed a gate away from our departure area, so we didn't see much of the Denver airport.

The Spokane airport was pretty empty and closed down by the time we arrived. I can't tell you what time it was, three time zones and daylight savings time have messed me up. But we secured two taxis and headed to the train station, which was about a ten minute drive. We thought we might find an open restaurant downtown, but on a Sunday night, everything was closed. The good news is that there was a restaurant in the train station which opened from Midnight until two. So we waited for that to open. It wasn't fancy, but it filled everyone up.

The train was great. The seats recline, pretty comfortably. I think everyone got some sleep. Everyone was awake this morning by the time we reached Whitefish. We took advantage of the stop to move to the dining car for breakfast. It was a great breakfast and pretty reasonably priced. A pleasant surprise. Morning was just breaking and the scenery was beautiful. The light was soft because of the cloud cover and there were a few flurries. By the time we finished breakfast we were almost to West Glacier. The mountains had snow and even the trees close to us were being dusted. We saw a pair of Bald Eagles.

As we left the National Park, there was a herd of buffalo. That excited the kids. Brother Ray met us at the train, which was early, but so was Br. Ray. So we had a bit of an orientation on the bus. Once we arrived at school, the kids went right to work in the classrooms, where they are now. Today was hot dog day at lunch. Yeah! It is going to be a long, long day.