Last Day in Destin Feb 2023

A nice walk on the beach this morning.

Walked on over to the outlet mall and it doesn't open till 11:00 Was going to Starbucks but when we got there it was packed and no seating inside or out.  Walked back to the mall and shopped for shoes.  Found our shoes at Saucony.  They fit so well.

Stopped to get some boba tea. This was a Vietnamese restaurant.  

Ended up staying there and getting a sandwich was delicious, Never heard of this place before but glad we found it at the outlet mall. 

Back to the hotel to drop off the new stuff we bought at the mall and get prepared to go over to the beach and spend some time listening to the ocean and relaxing..

Back to the hotel now and cracked open some champagne.  Sat out on the balcony enjoying the weather while sipping our champagne.

Time for dinner decided to order some shrimp over at the local fish market.  They steam the shrimp in bay seasoning. Got some homemade cocktail sauce from the fish market and potato salad and coleslaw.  The market added some melted butter in the box of shrimp.  Champagne and shrimp with salad were super delicious.  I absolutely loved the shrimp it was so big and sweet..........DELICIOUS..........

Sun Road Adventures in Montana Are Scary

 We are up at 4am and want to be at Glacier National Park  Marlon as made us a special breakfast of fried polenta with huckleberry topping we got shopping yesterday and sausage links.

We are in the car and ready for our adventure to Glacier, it's about an hour's drive.  No one is in the guard shack when we arrive as it's too early.  It's still very dark outside and this drive up to Logans Pass is scary.  It's a 50-mile drive up to 6,466 ft. to Logan Pass.  The sheer cliffs and tight narrow switchbacks make this a nail-biter.  There is not much to protect you.  Some of the areas have no guardrails or just a low wall of rocks. I wish we would have taken a tour and left the driving to them they are experienced.  Too scary for me to be so close to the edge and so dark outside.  The traffic was terrible so many people wanting to get to the top before the sun comes up.  Oh yeah, I can't forget to mention it's spitting rain. As you climb the mountain the rain becomes more narrower. 

Raining Oh NO

We got so far up the mountain and I told Marlon to turn around this is not fun driving in the rain on this narrow road.  I mean how good is a sunrise if it's cloudy and misting rain.?  It was even scary trying to get turned around there was a small pull off that half your car would fit on somehow Marlon did it and I felt more at ease driving against the mountain. We stopped at a scenic spot called Heavens Peak and got out of the car and took pictures.  We walked around the area and then got back in the car when it started raining harder.

As we traveled back down the mountain there were pull-offs and we pulled off at each stop and admired the scenery.  

I love how the sun is shining on this mountain so beautiful.

As the snow melts on the mountains it makes beautiful waterfalls.

This stop along the sun road was called Sacred Dancing Cascade.  Totally amazing.

We are at the bottom of the mountain and decided to stop in at Lake McDonald and see if we could get on a boat tour.  We were lucky because it is early still so they still had room for us.  We are hungry and got a sandwich from the shop at the lodge.  OH my, look at the size of my sandwich! It was delicious.

I saw this A & W and ask Marlon to please stop and get us a homemade Rootbeer.  We got in line and Oh my goodness it was just as good as I remembered it to be.

Marlon stopped at the store and got something to cook for dinner tonight.  When we got home Marlon made some ravioli and dipping oil and bread, and broccoli. We sat on the balcony in the evening and had champagne cheese and crackers.  What an ending to a great day.