Friday, July 22, 2011

Days 9 & 10 Glacier





















They next day we headed out for Glacier National Park in Montana. When we got there, before we even went to the hotel, we went on a hike. The trail was long and windy and we were afraid we would see a grizzly around every bend. It turns out the only bears we saw were on Patti's shirt! My grandpa wanted to take a boat across two lakes, so he tried to get on between the lakes but he found out you had to start at either end, not in the middle. We walked to the end of the second lake and found out it would be 40 minutes until the boat even came to the docks. We decided to hike back instead. We finished the hike before the boat came...and before the thunderstorm came!

When we got to the hotel, it was pouring! The hotel was huge and made out of logs. It was an old railroad lodge. A bellman brought our bags to the room while my mom went to park the car. We went to the room and my grandpa and I got bored, so we looked in what we thought were closets, which turned out to be doors to a giant second story balcony. From there you could see the whole parking lot and train station! We watched my mom driving around looking for a place to park.

The next morning, we went on an 9 hour bus tour. It sounds like it was long, but it didn't feel that way. We rode on a Red Bus (an old fashioned bus with a pull back top like a convertible). There were waterfalls galore! We were lucky because they had just cleared all the snow off the Road to the Sun the day we got there. It had been closed before that. At the top of the mountain, I got to climb some snow banks and play. At one of our stops, I spied a mountain goat sunning itself on a rock in the distance. Later, I saw a bighorn sheep lying on the side of the mountain. It was so cool. Can you spot them in my pictures? They are both there!

We got to the hotel late at night and there was a guy in the lobby singing songs with his guitar. He sang us all to sleep.

1 comment:

  1. What a beautiful place, I didn't get to go there on my trip to much snow in June. You were lucky to see the big horned sheep usually higher up the mountain this time of year. Have fun,stay safe. Remember to make a lot of noise as you walk those trails to warn the bears you are around the bend!

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