Holly K.
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When I knew we were coming to Kalispell, I looked up to see where the nearest farmers market might be. Hot damn the farmers market is in the parking lot of my Red Lion hotel. Woohoo, short walk to the oldest farmers market in Montana.
While my husband is working over in Whitefish, I have been here doing homework in the room, I get our during the day and walk around and have seen this area of the mall parking lot dead, so when Saturday rolled around it was a mob scene. Who knew.
Lines of cars, lines of people and the smell of fresh donuts being made on the spot, were almost more fun than I could handle in Montana. I did a couple of laps with my Trader Joe's reusable bag in hand... looking the part of a serious farmers market regular... brought my own bag, have plenty of singles in my purse, and not for stripping farmers, but for those awesome tomatoes.
I hit several farmers markets back in Oregon, and this one is a decent size, so there were plenty of places to pick from for early crops. The flowers were incredibly cheap, I saw giant pots of pretty red geraniums going for under $10. I was tempted to line my hotel room with them and take them home, but instead I opted for fresh made kettle corn and a bag of salad for $3.
Starting in April they are here until October, every Saturday. It is worth the trip over there if you are in town.