Blogs from Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, North America - page 11

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July 17 & 18 West Yellowstone,MT to Galcier National Park, MT Hi 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 12:00 midnight here so that means 3 am your time, We woke up Thurday morning after spending the nightin the Brandin' Irom Motel in West Yellowstone. We got a late start as I had to do a telephone interview for a job(the second of the week-more on that later!). Our plan was toget to The gates of The Mountain for the 3pm tour but we missed the boat! So ... read more

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 3/4 of the way, and I did see some mountain goats when I got near the lake overview. Took the shuttle back down to the Saint Mary's Falls trailhead and walked to Saint Mary's Falls and Virginia Falls. Got a little wet from some rain, but not too bad. Took the shuttle back to the Saint Mary's Visitor's Center and drove back to Two Medicine Lake. Walked on a trail there to Paradise Point and Aster Falls. Headed back to the hostel ... read more

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 already cold at Yellowstone and not sure how much colder Glacier would be. The drive was fairly unremarkable (8hours of sameness) until you reach Browning, MT. Now Browning, MT is either in the outside and very close to the Blackfeet reservation or in the reservation (signs were unclear). Most tourists will miss this town on the approach because the bigger highway skips it. We, trying to ... read more

The Hikers My 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 an excuse when I fall behind. Not so here, and I do fall behind. They are fit. Very fit. The oldest in the group is 77 and she can go faster than me, if she puts her mind to it. They are a very diverse group. Many are retired, some are housewives, and the ones that do work, have ... read more