First things first - I want to show how easy it is to have a sleeping bag in the Crosstrek:
When I tried to start the car, the battery was dead.
It was 30 degrees at 8:20, so I figure at 7:20 it was even colder. And it is the original battery.
I started walking down to the Lake, hoping that someone down there could give me a jump. A car was coming up, and I told them that I needed a jump, and they said "Oh My Gosh, we just got one from a guy down there!" So I hopped in and they gave me a ride down to the guy, who was almost all packed up. He said Sure, so we turned around to get back up to the Backcountry parking (0.4 miles, so I was thankful for the ride). I told them what I was doing (with my road-trip), and the wife in back said "Don't say anymore - you're living his fantasy and making him jealous!" We all laughed. Turns out they were from Tennessee, so I pointed out the truck from Tennessee, which they were glad to see. A few minutes later the other guy arrived, and gave the Crosstrek a jump - it worked! They went down the road, and I followed (slowly) behind - I just like driving slow on these dirt roads with potholes everywhere.
THANK YOU GOD!
I actually did a spin down by Kintla Lake at 8:08 AM:
I took some nice pictures on my way out:
Beautiful Country Up Here - who knows when I'll be back:
Back down in Kalispell, my first stop was Valley Medical Service, where I could keep my engine running while getting the COVID test (Results by Friday 5 PM). My next stop was NAPA Auto Parts, where I bought a NEW BATTERY. A guy right next door put it in, and NAPA gave my $18 for my old battery. And then it was time for lunch:
It was 2 o'clock, I was bored, so I figured out where to go, and headed back to The Park. Out Route 2 East, way at the bottom of The Park, is a Park-area called Walton, and it looks like there is a nice trail that goes along the river:
Drove back to Kalispell, with "Glacier in my mirror":
201 miles driving today. Thank You GOD for all these wonderful adventures - fun fitting it all in, especially with a Brand-Clean-Car!
Music for today:
The Plastic Ono Band - Live Peace in Toronto 1969, 1969 live album
Side One is actually 6 pretty-well-done songs (Lennon guitar and vocals, Clapton guitar); I don't even have Side Two because it is 2 songs of Yoko Ono screaming into the mic. If you ever want to know "How Far Off The Rails Can Music Go?", give Side Two a listen (pack the ibuprofen).
Elton John - Madman Across the Water, 1971
The Monkees - Anthology, 2006
My Gosh, NOBODY needs 50 songs by The Monkees!!!! I'm very happy with having their first album, plus their Greatest Hits album.
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, 1971 third album
lyrics to "Highway Song":
Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah
Back on the road again
...
'Cause one Saturday night I was laying in bed
And I heard that highway song
the Psychedelic Furs - All of This and Nothing, 1988
the Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967
It gets bad reviews, but I really like this album.
Paul Simon - Graceland, 1986
It won the 1987 Grammy for Album of the Year.
various - Great Coffee and All That Jazz, 2004 Starbucks album
Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light, live double album recorded 1979, released 1980
I really like this album for 2 reasons: excellent songs from Joni's mid-1970's period ("Coyote", "Hejira"), and it has BOTH Pat Metheny AND Lyle Mays - that's like Joni singing for The Pat Metheny Group!!!!
lyrics to "Amelia":
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on strange pillows of my wanderlust
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