We "slept in" today and didn’t leave for the park until
around 11 am. It was nice to just chill
out. We had no trouble getting into the
park but of course, parking is always an issue.
We drove over to the St. Mary’s falls area and found a parking spot at the
Sun Point picnic area and ate up our lunch food at a picnic table while battling the
wind. As we were driving, we passed a few mountain goats hanging out near the side of the road by the Logan Pass Visitor Center.
The amount of temperature change in five minutes is shocking in this park! Since we couldn’t find a parking spot near the St. Mary’s falls, we just hiked from the Sun Point area and saw the Barring Falls then hiked back to the St Mary’s falls. The trail started along the banks of the St Mary Lake.
The amount of temperature change in five minutes is shocking in this park! Since we couldn’t find a parking spot near the St. Mary’s falls, we just hiked from the Sun Point area and saw the Barring Falls then hiked back to the St Mary’s falls. The trail started along the banks of the St Mary Lake.
Along the way we saw a
large brown animal swimming across the Saint Mary Lake (which is the lake we
followed along the hike). One group of
people with binoculars said it was a moose. The next group swore it was a bear
and the final group said it was definitely a moose so we decided it was a boose.
In addition to the boose, a deer, literally walked along the trail in front of us.
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| You decide: Bear or Moose |
In addition to the boose, a deer, literally walked along the trail in front of us.
The falls were cool and all in, I think we walked about 3
miles.
Rather than hike all the way back, we just decided to catch the shuttle from the St. Mary’s Falls Shuttle Station but we waited about 45 minutes. Right before I was very tempted to just walk back, the shuttle showed up, just in time for a hard rain. We got some sprinkles but nothing more.
Rather than hike all the way back, we just decided to catch the shuttle from the St. Mary’s Falls Shuttle Station but we waited about 45 minutes. Right before I was very tempted to just walk back, the shuttle showed up, just in time for a hard rain. We got some sprinkles but nothing more.
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| We hiked this backwards so the sign was at the end of the trail. |
We got back to our car then headed out the Going-to-the-Sun
Road for the last time. On our way out
we drove the Lake McDonald Lodge loop and the Apgar Village Loop. The Apgar Village looks like a place we’d
like to stay in the future.
We stopped at a store outside of West Glacier so that Grant
could find a shirt but he didn’t like any of them. But I got a puzzle of Glacier NP! Then we stopped into Amazing Fun Center again and played
another round of mini golf, mostly in the rain.
Nick and I tied. Grant finished a
few strokes back and Ryan finished WAY back.
She hates mini golf!
We grabbed pizza at the Glacier Café then drove back to the
cabin. It’s now 8:45 and we’re packing
up, showering, and watching tv while grant is teaching Ryan how to solve a
Rubik’s Cube. And it’s fun to listen and
watch the two of them! I really don’t want to leave tomorrow morning but
unfortunately, we have to get back.
We’re already planning our next trips – lots to do still – maybe Hawaii
over Christmas or Spring Break and five Alaskan parks next summer – who knows.
All I do know is that Park #41 was stunning and well exceeded my
expectations. I love Montana!!!
Side notes:
Ryan pronounced the park Gla-see-er.
She just got Instagram so she posted some pictures of
herself and got lots of likes.
Grant is reading the book ‘Eleven’ for 6th
grade.
Ryan is supposed to be reading the book ‘Of Mice and Men’
for 8th grade.
P.S. After inspecting the pictures of the "boose" we took on our phone and zooming in as much as possible, Nick and I both concluded that it was definitely a bear.
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