http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Montana , Glacier National Park en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:30:47 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:30:47 +0000 Many Glacier Inn Glacier National ParkThursday September 3 2009Thursday Karen and I pack up and again head over the ldquoRoad to The Sunrdquo to the town of St. Mary on eastern entrance of the park. This side of the park is the Blackfoot Native American Reservation. After a great bowl of beef chili and a slice of pie at the Park Caf we head north through to the town of Babb and the eastern http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/Many-Glacier/blog-439477.html Lake McDonald Lodge Glacier National ParkTuesday September 1 2009On Tuesday Karen and I moved from the motel in Kalispell to the Lake McDonald Lodge thatrsquos inside Glacier National Park. What an improvement this is over the roadside Econo Lodge. The McDonald Lodge is a small lakeside inn that was privately built here almost a hundred years ago. Itrsquos now owned by the National Park and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/Lake-McDonald/blog-439476.html WEEK FIVE HELENA MT GLACIER NP CHOTEAU MTTuesday June 23 We have been on the road now for four weeks and it has been too rainy cold and buggy to drag out our tent and camping gear. But no matter our next destination is Jenrsquos house in Choteau. Before descending on Jen we took the Gates of the Mountains boat excursion from Holter Dam up the Missouri River and into the towering white http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/Lake-McDonald/blog-437881.html I have had a couple of laid back days in the area. Just took it easy Tuesday still recovering from my run. Wednesday I decided to go back into Glacier and do another hike. I decided to hike Otokiimo Lake. It is 5.2 miles one way and gains about 1900 feet up the trail. It was a tough hike and I was really working to cover the distance. The clear blue green water of the lake made the tough w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-437356.html I am pretty sore from my run yesterday. I hung around the place for a while and finally decided to go back to Glacier and go for a hike. I went to the Many Glacier area of the park and decided to do the Iceburg Lake hike. It is five miles one way I was a bit concerned going out by myself after all the bear warnings. I was very aware of every noise around me. While I was walking two birds wal http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-436658.html Glad to be in one place for several days. All of the driving in the last week has been rough. From the parking area at my condo I can see several of the ski runs at the Whitefish Mountain Ski Resort. I got up and drove over to Glacier National Park. The natural beauty hits you as soon as you drive in the park and gets better as you drive. The park is crossed from west to east by one main roa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-436039.html My dear friend Robin and I both took our first trip to Montana to hike around Glacier National Park over the Labor Day holiday. It's both stunning and breathtaking just to pick a couple of words to describe the majesty of the park. We arrived late Thursday and took a quick trip into the West Glacier entrance driving for a little bit along Lake McDonald. We had rented a timber frame cottage o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-435209.html We spent the day today crossing Glacier National park via the famous Going to the Sun Highway. Thanks to all of you who recommended that we drive it from east to west the views were amazing. However the weather wasn't. When we left this morning it was in the mid40's with the raging wind it felt more like the 30's. However your intrepid travelers soldiered on we weren't going to be de http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-434992.html We had a great weekend with the Dehlendorfrsquos and all the Lincoln boys. All the guys went out fishing yesterdayhellipwith the results not subject for public discussion. When Scott caught a fish and took a photo he had to put it next to his foot so we even had some sense of how bighellipor littlehellipit was. Lots of laughs lots of fun.Sunday Sept. 6We started out from Bozeman on ou http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-434986.html After Grand Teton National park we headed north to Montana and visited Glacier National Park. The park is on the border with Canada where it becomes Waterton Lakes National Park. The park is big and everything there is remote bears are everywhere. From the park newspaper ldquoIn 1850 there were an estimated 150 glaciers in the park. By 1968 the number was reduced to around 50. Today only 26 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-429828.html drove up to st. mary's http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-424464.html yellowstone to glacier day 2 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-424463.html drove from yellowstone to glacier national park http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-424462.html Today was our last day at Glacier and what a day we had. We decided to go for distance over elevation and walked the trail along the north side of Lake McDonald. It was mostly level with just a few elevation changes but meant walking 3 miles from Apgar to the trailhead 6 miles on the trail and then about 3 miles back to the highway to catch the shuttle bus back to where we left the car. It w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-420487.html July 17 18 West YellowstoneMT to Galcier National Park MTHi to all. We miss you tremendously but our having the time of our lives. We haven't had cell phone or internet service for almost 3 days so we are going to try to catch up. I just spent about an hour writing this blog and then lost internet reception and lost my whole thing. It's 1200 midnight here so that means 3 am your timeWe woke http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-420242.html Greetings from Glacier National Park Next year will be their 100th anniversary and they are already starting the celebration. The park is as beautiful now as it was when we were last here 37 years ago. A new feature which is great is a shuttle bus system that runs east and west across the park. Cuts down on traffic across the park and makes it possible to go on the Going to the Sun Highway an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-419774.html Spent another day in the very nice Glacier Park. Drove to the Saint Mary's Visitor's Center and took the shuttle up to the Logan's Pass Visitor's Center. Walked the trail up to Hidden Lake which is probably the one you are thinking of mom. Had to trudge my way through the snow for probably 34 of the way and I did see some mountain goats when I got near the lake overview. Took the shuttle b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-416633.html Drove in to East Glacier from Spokane today. Drove in on the GoingtotheSun Road which was spectacular. Lakes trees mountains islands waterfalls the weeping rock. Forgot that I lost an hour so I didn't have a lot of time to explore today. The hostel is near the Two Medicine Lakes area and I was able to walk a couple of trails around there to a couple of waterfalls. Planning on drivi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-416317.html The HikersMy boss Ann introduced me to a local women's hiking group. They hike every Thursday. Sometimes the hikes are in the park sometimes not but they are always long and usually pretty hard. To date I am the youngest in the group. The baby. It's nice. Usually I am the old lady of the group. It is however very humbling to hike with these women. If I am the oldest I can use that as http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-410015.html Each trip has ups and downs. Leaving Yellowstone we were on quite a high pun intended our elevation at camp was 7700ft heading towards Glacier National. We had seen much wildlife and had a great hike. Both of us were excited about Glacier thinking it would be even more impressive less populated and more dramatic in the scenery. We were a little unsure of the weather however as it was a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Montana/Glacier-National-Park/blog-408956.html