A first-person review of a 7-day hiking visit to Montana s Glacier National Park. This spectacular natural wonderland proved its worth many times over.
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A customer returns a car at Dollar Car Rental in Missoula, MT, July, 13, 2021. Dollar Car Rental is one of many national chains experiencing a shortage in their rental fleet.
Visiting Glacier National Park had been on Jim Schneider’s bucket list for years. So, he and his wife booked flights to Montana from Omaha, Nebraska and rented a cabin in June to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. But a few months before the flight Schneider realized they hadn’t reserved a car.
“There was not a rental car to be found anywhere around Kalispell,” Schneider says.
A shortage of microchips around the world has slowed car production and limited rental car supply after some companies sold off vehicles during last year’s pandemic-related economic downturn.
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Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork, Montana, is a respite from everyday life. Two thousand acres of space allows for many ways to connect with nature and your partner.
Story by Kerri Westenberg and Simon Peter Groebner • Star Tribune
Illustration by Chiara Ghigliazza • Special to the Star Tribune
April 23, 2021
Simon Peter Groebner • Star Tribune
Illustration by Chiara Ghigliazza
April 23, 2021
At MSP and airports across the country, security checkpoints are newly abuzz. Car rentals are selling out. Gas prices are rising as road trips rev up. Travel search site Kayak is seeing a steady rise in queries for summer travel. As more Americans get fully vaccinated, they are casting aside cabin fever and for the first time in over a year acting on their visions of vacations.
This will be the summer to dive into America maybe literally, in one of our oceans or lakes.