Saturday, July 28, 2012

ALMOST TO CANADA, BUT THE BORDER WAS CLOSED

Polebridge, MT   High 76   Low  49

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Yesterday morning Jim and I headed north. The other day we received a comment from hobopals  asking us if we were going up to Polebridge. Even though we lived in this area for several years we never made the journey up to the Polebridge Mercantile.

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The road follows the North Fork of the Flathead River and wanders along the west side of Glacier Park. The road is gravel for several miles and if you don’t like washboards, this one isn’t for you. Eventually it turned into an oiled gravel road which wasn’t too bad. But slow going.

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Polebridge is unincorporated and is about 22 miles from the Canadian Border. The signs say the border is closed but I read on the internet that several people have actually come through there hoping they won’t get caught.  Not a very smart idea.

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The store was built in 1914 and I’m really not sure why or how the Mercantile became so famous but the place was packed and more folks kept rolling in. It was a 50 mile journey that took nearly two hours because of the road conditions and still they come. And what does everyone go to Polebridge for?

The pastries.

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You can also rent cabins for the hiking and rafting in this area.

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Views of Glacier National Park

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My cloud picture for the day

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To end this wonderful day, we went to dinner at Scotty’s with Sue and Doug

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and Paul

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Everyone headed for home and just in time because one wild storm rolled through with lots of thunder, lightning and really hard rain.

15 comments:

  1. Those pastries look delicious.
    Glad you got to meet up with Doug and Sue. We have never met them but they write a very nice blog.
    The cloud photo is lovely indeed!

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  2. I thought that most folks that live up in Northern Montana were honorary Canadians anyway, so sneaking across the boarder might not get them in too much trouble...... LOL Not.....

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  3. Because of the gravel roads, we didn't make it all the way to Polebridge last year. It looks like a fun place to visit!

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  4. looks like it would have been a fun place to visit..but we have just run out of time..now WE have to come back!!

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  5. Those must be SOME pastries! They sure so look good. Love quaint little places like that.

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  6. The day we went to Polebridge it was cold and pouring rain, pouring!! The parking lot and store were packed with people out there in the middle of nowhere.

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  7. WOW, enjoyed the pictures. We will be up in that area in a couple weeks, God willin! We been planning that trip for over 10 years. Something always comes up.....Hope this PORCH don't put a snag in things..... Plan on staying at the Elks in Kalispell, hope it is not full...... Want to ride the busses up the Road to the Sun.....

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  8. Another nice area to put on the bucket list. Really cool that you were able to have dinner with Sue and Doug. No Tucker, though?

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  9. I need to keep Terry away from that place so glad you went for us.

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  10. Hey, I'd go to Polebridge for those pastries any day!

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  11. Looks like an interesting place to visit. Too bad we are so far away from it.

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  12. Sounds like a neat place to visit. Looked like a fun week meeting up with Sue and Doug they are such a nice couple.

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