Evening Day#2: More Stares and a tired family.

After escaping our motel room for the evening, our family made its way to Walmart to top off our supplies. As we were checking out, once again people were blatantly staring at us. What was with all the staring? Didn't they look at themselves? They were all wearing socks with sandals! (Hiking sandals to boot.) Ha! We came up with a theory about the staring and here it is:

Californians are creatures who have no verbal social boundaries. While standing in a grocery store line anywhere in our great state you can hear the life story of the person behind you, catch up on the health issues of the stranger in front of you all while listening to the checker talk about his/her newest love interest. To top it off we walk around in flip flops--without socks.

Not one person was talking in line at Walmart. If they did it was quiet and discreet. Here we were just blaring away about whatever. All 6 of us. No wonder they were staring. Once again: Oops!

Side note:

"Supplies" to Billy included buying a knife for Aaron. Yes...I said "Aaron". The very same Aaron who freaks out in pain if a butterfly brushes his cheek--what was Billy thinking? We went to an outdoor concert later that night and Billy left Austin to teach Aaron how to used said knife while he wandered around to take pictures. The teaching did not go well. Both Austin and I were paranoid and tired. Hence, the lovely family picture below:

Please note: Aaron is the only one who's happy here!

Main Street USA...concert in the park in Kalispell.

Travis as usual was the center of the party!

Despite the pictures, we did enjoy ourselves in Kalispell. The climate and ambiance were great. Too bad we didn't get to spend more time in this sweet little town.

--laurel