Glacier National Park

Since we were up so early yesterday to drive to Glacier we got off to a slower start today. It was 10:30 before we headed out for Glacier. I also think we were a little less rushed since we Going-To-The-Sun Road was not open all the way through.

Our first stop was the Apgar Visitor Center. The boys got their Passports cancelled and I bought a medallion for my walking stick and Ray bought his postcards. Preston spied the canoes. He convinced us that we needed to rent 2 but Ray thought we needed to hike first.

By the time we drove up the GTTS Road as far as we could it was 11:30 before we began our hike. We started on the Trail of the Cedars hike and veered off on to the hike to Avalanche Lake. That hike is 2 miles but we only went about .5 miles. It is just gorgeous as we hiked along Avalanche Creek. We found a nice spot for lunch. All in all we hiked about 3 miles. It was 3:00 by the time we got back to the rental car.

Glacier is so beautiful. At Grand Teton you drive through these beautiful areas looking out at the mountains. In Glacier you drive IN the mountains. You can just reach right out and touch them.

Preston was more than ready for the canoe ride. We drove back to Apgar Village and rented 2 canoes. Ray and Preston hopped in one; Parker and I had the other. Ray and Preston cooed the whole way about how what a great time they were having, blah, blah, blah. Parker and I fought each other whole time. I was in front and he was in back. He’d paddle one way and I’d paddle the other. We managed to take a circuitous route around the lake. But we really did have fun.

We continue to be a little disappointed we couldn’t go on the GTTS Road. In fact the reason we rented the car was so we could drive the tiny mountain road. And we weren’t able to get far enough up to see any of the snow. The canoe ride was the trade off.

We hit the gift shop when we got back. Bought a few things for our blog readers! Of course we had to have ice cream and a mocha coffee this time!

Time for another grocery run. Wal-Mart it is not! Then back to the RV for fishing at the RV park, blogging, and then dinner.

Tomorrow we will start the 2-day trek toward my sister’s house. It’ll be another long driving day from here to Lake Easton State Park just outside Seattle. Leanne and Tom, we can’t wait to get there and meet all your friends and bond with your washing machine!

I haven’t downloaded pictures yet from today so those will have to be updated later.