In just a few short hours, we were up to work. Today we did some small projects around the church like take down the winter stage decorations, paint the preschool room, and clean up the back yard. Needless to say, we ran through that list quickly and were doing things that weren't even on the agenda! Considering we are still here now at 11:34pm on Monday night (because the Amtrak is late, again!) we were even able to put the preschool room back together with all of the furniture and decor!
We took a break at 2pm to head out to Glacier National Park :) We were joined by the pastor's two young daughters. They were such a joy to have on the trip with us--they made is so fun! Everything they said was so cute, for example:
6-year old: (to her sister who is licking the bus window): Don't lick the window!
4-year old: I'm cleaning it!
6-year old: Kids.
When we got there it was beautiful! Actually, the whole ride there was gorgeous! We were all pretty stereotypical tourist in the bus snapping pictures on our phones and cameras. Our first stop, was in Apgar...well, actually this sign:
There was a cute gift shop that was open where we stopped in to look around. The peak tourist season for this area is June/July/August so at this time, everything (and I mean pretty much everything) was closed for the season. We were lucky the roads were open because if winter conditions are bad enough, they will close some down.
I got a few things at this stop (but they're all surprises so don't even ask!). We then got back on the bus and traveled a few miles down the road to the most beautiful lodge. And it was closed. But that didn't take away any of its beauty!
It was so much fun! We were basically the only people there because it's the off season there. Random story: a bird fell out of a tree right by Ethan's foot! He then proceeded to try to teach it to fly #sofunny
We took a brief pit-stop at a Burger King where Amy and I (and Molly too) all got us some coffee. Considering this was just after we learned that our train was going to be later than scheduled (at this time, we learned that our train would be in Whitefish at 2am instead of 9pm #frustrating), this was my happiness:
#happyhappyhappy
So we were going with the flow, planning on using our extra time in Whitefish to relax a bit. Some of the students have online homework to work on so the wi-fi here is a huge blessing for them! I however, decided to look at my camera pictures. I'm learning a lot about my camera and I really can't wait to get to Seattle to take some more sweet pictures!
Speaking of getting to Seattle...
With our extra time, Pastor Eric took us into town to a SUPER SWEET fitness facility in town for showers. It was so cool there! The ladies locker room had *gasp* HAIRDRYERS! We literally gawked over them and were so excited to be able to dry our hair! #thelittlethings
Once all cleaned up, we headed back to the church. During that short drive, I called Amtrak to check the status of our train because by this point, it wasn't even giving us information on the Amtrak app that some of us have on our phones. And I almost cried when the lady told me our train wouldn't be in Whitefish until 4 IN THE MORNING! #saywhat
Our train is over seven hours late. It's not fun. And what makes this more interesting is that our train ride will only take us now to Spokane, WA. This is supposedly going to save them time and help them get back on schedule. We will have to then get on a bus and ride the remaining 5 hours to Seattle.
Luckily, tomorrow (the 19th) is our site-seeing day, so that will just be cut short...unless, our train leaving Seattle is late and we get more time #thatwouldbenice
Sorry for the excessive #hashtags
I've been on Instagram a lot the past few days and it is just a poor habit that I'm am developing :)
So yeah #awkwardsilence
Pastor Eric has been SO AWESOME. He has been beyond helpful during this stressful time. He even offered to let us stay an extra day if needed. But, with all of our schedule in place, we are trying to stick to it as much as possible.
I suppose I shall say goodnight now. It's just past midnight and if I have to be on a train in four hours...it might be in everyone's best interest if "mom" get's some sleep. One more random story, I'm the "mom" on this trip...camera, big purse, and all. I even had to threaten Ethan to count to three because he was trying to cross a cold stream at Glacier today by hopping on the rocks #notasmartideabuddy
Thanks for checking in again!
Kim
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