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Originally Posted by GGG
Spokane,
7.5 hrs away,
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While I agree that Spokane is much better than any city in Montana for shopping; it adds a different dynamic to the trip. You can hit Kalispell or Great Falls as a day trip. Leave by 6 AM and you are there shortly after 11. Shop until 7pm and you are home just after midnight. For $100 in gas you are able to come home with all sorts of different things that you might not be able to get here.
Spokane adds a minimum of 5 hours to that return trip, which makes it no longer a day trip. So now you are at $150 for gas, and $100 for a hotel for one night. That means you have to spend that much more on clothes to be able to justify that extra $150 in costs.