Page 11 - FF USA Exchange Diary September 2016

Date: Thursday 21 July From: Susan

Margaret, Lynda, Gay, Geoff, Anna and Susan left Coeur D'Alene and journeyed to Kalispell passing through the
Silver Valley and Wallace. We were told there had been wildfires through this area. The scenery along the journey
with the rivers and lakes was awesome.

We dropped Margaret off first to her host. There we saw humming birds outside the kitchen window. We were
picked up by our hosts from the Glacier International airport.

The welcome potluck dinner was held at the Village Greens Community Centre. There were many yummy foods
and variety in the huge spread. The pulled pork was a new experience for some of us. The president of Flathead
Valley Elaine Boddington welcomed Perth Ambassadors. Priscilla French, the host ED, who had visited Australia
before and had arranged a display of Australian memorabilia for us, said a few words and introduced our ED.

Margaret gave a brief speech and presented a letter from the Lord Mayor of Perth to the Flathead Valley
Councillor who specially attended. The letter read out by Margaret was very well received. We enjoyed a very
pleasant evening with the members of the Flathead Valley Friendship Force, many of whom are ‘Snowbirds’.

Then we left to enjoy another pleasant few hours with our hosts.