Glacier National Park is amazingly beautiful! No matter where you drive, or to wherever you hike, the landscape is breathtaking. Mountains, waterfalls, lakes, wildlife, flowers and interesting plants--all these things make this place a wonderland for exploring and discovery. Come look at this beautiful scenery:
"Redrock Falls"
"Redrock Lake"
"Scenic Stop Along Hidden Lake Trail"
"Going-To-The-Sun-Road"
"Avalanche Gorge"
"Avalanche Lake"
"Logan Pass"
"Running Eagle Falls"
"Standing Arrow on Hidden Lake Trail"
"Goose Island"
"Weeping Woman Falls"
"Hidden Meadow"
Our first two days, we stayed at Fish Creek campsite on the west side of the park. We explored the west side of the park, hiked to "Hidden Meadow", as well as drove the "Going to the Sun Road" and hiked the "Trail of Ceders", "Avalanche Gorge" and "Avalanche Lake" trails.
Our last two days we stayed at Many Glacier campsite and explored "Red Rock Falls" trail. There we saw a mother moose and her two babies, a porcupine, several pretty birds, and a grizzly bear along the ridge line of the distant mountains.
We also spent time in the "Two Medicine" area. We took a boat ride across the lake and hiked to "Twin Falls." During our trip we enjoyed ranger talks about moose and beaver, and loved listening to an evening of Black Feet culture and stories. Now the kids know all about how beaver got his flat tail, why the Black Feet Indians don't hunt bear, and how valuable the woman are to their tribe.
Our last day, we hiked to "Hidden Lake" up a snowy path and saw a herd of mountain goats with even a little baby, as well as big horn sheep.
The kids set up and took down camp, played at the campsite, built lots of fires, ate lots of s'mores and outdoor meals, hiked between 4-7 miles each day, read books, took care of and played with each other, helped with cooking and cleaning up, climbed and slid down rocks, posed for lots of pictures, found beauty in grasses, flowers and bugs, stayed up late talking around the campfire, and made the most of every stream bed and lake. What a fun family trip to a beautiful area!
4 comments:
When Derek sees this he is going to want to do the same thing. Looks like fun (is showers were included). We miss you guys.
Oooo! That just looks like SO much fun! Glad you're enjoying the WA summer!
You made me want to go here, and I don't camp:) It looks beautiful and I'm glad you have had such an awesome family summer, and I'm glad to see you blogging again:) Missed you at book club last month!
We will deffinitly have to add this park to places we have to visit some day. I am so glad to see all the great pictures and hear about all the fun you had. Dave and I especially love the picture of the baby on the log with the mountains and lake in the background.
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