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Glacier National ParkWe had many miles to cover in a day so started early and got the games cranking early Nicola rsquo s American states jigsaw puzzle came in handy we quizzed each other on categories like all the east coast states all the states that go with m all the states that start with vowels My american geography improved dramatically over those few hours Andre got stung with the ridiculous pre pay pumps at the petrol stations That rsquo s a lot of p rsquo s You get to pay beforehand so it becomes impossible to meet the tank as you don rsquo t know how often you need I thought he was gonna turn into Hank off Me

yself and Irene and go beserk Once finally at the town of Whitefish we checked into the local best western our new hotel of choice before driving down to the lake We skimmed stones until our arms ached then had a look around the rural town Back at he hotel we hoed into some beers and a humungous wad of chitos We accompanied this with some boisterous drinking games one which involved Andre and I talking with the stress of old british ladies A little walk into town Glacier National Parkhad done little to sober us up or give way for food nonetheless we all ordered large pizzas and beers Soon after finishing our pizzas we all regretted eating so much but kept trucking on with the drinking by this stage I would describe us as shitcanned So much so that whenever the waitress came around to speak to us we had to depart every sentence with a book that started with s E g Waitress How rsquo s your meal Us Superb Waitress Can I get you another drink Us Sounds swell Waitress Where are you guys from Us Southern Hemisphere Waitress Australia Us Shut your side and never speak to us again Something similar that anyway well except for the final bit we actually just slapped her By the sentence we left the pub we were all bloated like fat budhas I would have beaten Steven Hawkings and stolen his wheelchair if given the chance But we courageously pushed on drinking with some locals who coincidentaly were about to open up a new pizza joint I almost spontaneously chundered just hearing the word pizza We learnt of a lsquo pray for snow rsquo party up on the stack so caught a bus Glacier National Parkup Once their we lost our newly found friends and speedily got bored of the pretensious young snowboarding wannabes So after mocking them for a bit we made like Robin Bain and shot home Sunday rolled around and thither were a few sore heads had the free breakfast not enticed me out of bed I rsquo d probably still be there Once fed and set to confront the day we drove to Glacier National Park Although hung over we somehow thought it would be a great idea to go and see Avalanche Lake Not the most enticing sounding lake really The walking was worth it in the end we trudged through snow and sleet along slippery paths which constantly warned of the danger of grizzly bears It is quite exciting had I seen one though I doubt I would be writing that The lake was covered in c and we edged our way out hoping like crazy the ice wouldn rsquo t crack We got some photos of the curious blue jays and of us standing on a frozen lake quite novel some might even say Ice awesome I rsquo d love to say that the walk cured my hangover but the fact that I Glacier National Parkslipped over 3 times on the way back curtailed any theory of that On the way back we visited another lake which was deadcalm and had amazing skimming stones After getting our daily dosage we returned to the hotel Andre bust out some kind of strange chicken dance whilst driving he rsquo ll get to run on the ol rsquo dance moves before the marriage by the looks of it The sole thing I remember of that night is that we launch a huge pile of donuts at the supermarket for cheap so had to buy it When in Rome So that was our trip away with Andre and Lisa good times good times I rsquo m looking onwards to their wedding next year Hopefully Lisa will wear out her flashdance moves and Andre dresses up in his orange outfit and swats with a fork at bits of beetroot being hurled at him It rsquo s a long but true story