Glacier National Park
Howdy! Howdy!
Well I finally got time to look through all the photos from last weekend. We left on Thursday & delivered the cattle safely to Columbia Falls by which time we were hungry so guess what we looked for? You got it! Yep – Chinese. It was good too. After that we drove back to Hungry Horse to check into our motel & then we went on over to the Hungry Horse Dam. It was too late to head into Glacier.
Friday morning we were up bright & early & made our way to the West Glacier entrance. Unfortunately the Going to the Sun Road was only open as far as the Trail of the Cedars. They were still fighting 75 foot of snow further on & road construction. 75 foot! I can’t even imagine that. Anyways we drove as far as we could & walked the Trail of Cedars which was beautiful. We then came back to the McDonald Falls. Daniel was fixated on waterfalls the whole time. The water up there was SO clear – incredible. Daniel had to touch any water we came upon if he could. From the falls we went to Lake McDonald & took an hour’s boat trip. The weather was gorgeous the whole time we were there. I think it rained once but nothing to soak us. Just look at this picture of the lake:
Here’s Michelle on the boat:
We ate a picnic lunch each day so as to save on money & junk food. After lunch we headed out of the park – seen all we could – and went to Whitefish State Park. That is on the lake so the kids enjoyed splashing in the water & we all just relaxed. From there we found a nice restaurant which had some great food. Have you ever eaten Fried Brownies? We all fancied this Brownie Dessert & it was huge. Needless to say that didn’t put us off & we ate the lot 🙂 However as we were eating the brownie pieces we realized they had been fried! It was OK but not something we would eat again if given the choice.
Saturday morning we checked out of the motel & headed all the way round to the East entrance – St Mary’s. That is a little less commercialized but what is there is rather expensive. On the way, on US2 there are some waterfalls by the roadside. Of course we had to stop.
Once on the east side we took the road up to the Jackson Overlook which was as far as the road was open. Then we came back & walked the St Mary’s & Virginia Falls Trail.
St Mary’s Falls:
Virginia Falls:
At the end of this we were exhausted & hungry so headed back to the hotel. We walked into the hotel restaurant & were seated only 5 secs before Hannah got hold of a wine glass & smashed it! Thankfully the staff were very gracious & we quickly moved Hannah to a high chair & moved all glasses out of her reach.
Next morning we went up to Many Glacier – the next entrance north. That is a short road that dead ends. We walked a mile up a mountain trail to Apikuni Falls. Hannah was NOT happy with us – she whined & cried most of the way in protest. It was worth the walk though – once we got there we all washed our faces in the cool glacial water.
We sat a while then made our way down which was so much easier 🙂 This was one of the views on the way down:
Back to the hotel to pick the trailer up & home. It was a great trip but it was also nice to come home. This week just been catching up on stuff & of course we now have the sale this weekend on the store so that is keeping us hopping. Hope you have a great weekend. I think I’m going to work tomorrow & then look forward to relaxing on Sunday. Richard is working on getting his Paramedic license right now for the ambulance so he will be spending Saturday night in the ER doing assessments which is part of his training.
Take care,
Liz
June 20, 2009 @ 1:51 am
Hi Liz;
Great Photos! So glad you all had a good time. How is Roxie doing?
regards,
Jeannette
June 20, 2009 @ 6:44 am
BEautiful scenery. It’s nice to get away and just relax once in awhile.
June 20, 2009 @ 7:54 am
Hi Liz, I’m pretty sure you said you hadn’t been to glacier before. Gosh what beautiful scenery you had been missing. I am so happy for all of you to have had such a wonderful experience. The landscapes and waterfalls were beautiful. And the first picture of the still lake with the mountains in the back — almost looked so perfect, like a rubber stamp had made it. Gorgeous!
June 21, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
What awe-inspiring vistas. The picture of Lake McDonald is so perfect and stunning. Thank you for sharing. It makes me want to go to Glacier Park.
June 21, 2009 @ 5:56 pm
Beautiful!! I love glacier….It’s so pretty there. Glad you had fun
June 22, 2009 @ 11:47 am
Wow, gorgeous pictures and what a wonderful time to spend with the kids!!!
B-
June 22, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
Oh my – what fabulous photos and views – and you all look relaxed and happy – which is a real tonic.
It is so nice to see different parts of your country – thank you for sharing.