Sunday, July 19, we went back into Glacier National Park. We hiked one of the many trails. We chose a 3 mile hike around John’s Lake (one of the 250 glacier lakes inside the park). We chose this particular one because it only had an elevation change of 160 feet. Some of them were as much as 1,000 ft or more. It was a beautiful hike sans grizzly bears or moose. We did see a big pile of bear poop right on the trail, tho’. Even tho’ we were armed with our newly purchased bear mace, we were still very aware of our surroundings. In one of the pamphlets, I read where, on the average, 2 people every year are mauled by grizzly bears inside the park. Fortunately, we weren’t those two!
After our hike, we drove over to where McDonald Creek (coming down from the mountains) dumps into Lake McDonald (the largest of the glacier lakes in the park). We donned our waders and did a little fishing. No luck, however. (pic attached of Lk McDonald and the outlet where we fished)
On Monday, we were going to head back into the park in the morning and do some bicycling on one of the bike paths, but, due to Len’s discovery of a flat tire on the toyhauler, that plan was foiled. Len took the tire into town (Columbia Falls, MT) and got it fixed and then that afternoon, we went for an interpretive bus tour up to Logan’s Pass. We had already driven up to Logan’s Pass on our own on Saturday, but, it was nice to have a tour guide to point things out, and it was nice for Len to be able to look around at the view this time. Logan’s Pass is as high as you can go in the park (driving, that is – you can hike to higher peaks, if you dare). We saw mountain goats up there and bighorn sheep. (pics attached) Later that evening, we went back into the park again and hiked the Trail of the Cedars. It’s a beautiful trail that makes you feel almost like you are in an enchanted forest. The cedars and the black cottonwoods are hundreds of years old. (pic attached)
Tuesday, we left Montana, and the US of A, in the rear view mirror and headed into Canada. We’re getting close now! We crossed into Canada at Roosville, MT. Our drive thru’ Alberta and then into British Columbia has been unbelievably goooorgeous! I swear, every mile of the way just gets more beautiful! We have been travelling right alongside the Canadian Rockies. We stopped in Parson, BC at Quinn Creek Campground to camp for the night. When we pulled in at 7 p.m., we were the only ones camping here tonight, but a “Just Married” car just pulled in. (And, we thought it was going to be a quiet night ;-). (pics attached of our “front yard” and our “back yard” at this campground)
After our hike, we drove over to where McDonald Creek (coming down from the mountains) dumps into Lake McDonald (the largest of the glacier lakes in the park). We donned our waders and did a little fishing. No luck, however. (pic attached of Lk McDonald and the outlet where we fished)
On Monday, we were going to head back into the park in the morning and do some bicycling on one of the bike paths, but, due to Len’s discovery of a flat tire on the toyhauler, that plan was foiled. Len took the tire into town (Columbia Falls, MT) and got it fixed and then that afternoon, we went for an interpretive bus tour up to Logan’s Pass. We had already driven up to Logan’s Pass on our own on Saturday, but, it was nice to have a tour guide to point things out, and it was nice for Len to be able to look around at the view this time. Logan’s Pass is as high as you can go in the park (driving, that is – you can hike to higher peaks, if you dare). We saw mountain goats up there and bighorn sheep. (pics attached) Later that evening, we went back into the park again and hiked the Trail of the Cedars. It’s a beautiful trail that makes you feel almost like you are in an enchanted forest. The cedars and the black cottonwoods are hundreds of years old. (pic attached)
Tuesday, we left Montana, and the US of A, in the rear view mirror and headed into Canada. We’re getting close now! We crossed into Canada at Roosville, MT. Our drive thru’ Alberta and then into British Columbia has been unbelievably goooorgeous! I swear, every mile of the way just gets more beautiful! We have been travelling right alongside the Canadian Rockies. We stopped in Parson, BC at Quinn Creek Campground to camp for the night. When we pulled in at 7 p.m., we were the only ones camping here tonight, but a “Just Married” car just pulled in. (And, we thought it was going to be a quiet night ;-). (pics attached of our “front yard” and our “back yard” at this campground)
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