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Road to the Sun
... bushes along side. Often, wildlife is detected by the traffic jams. I thought a couple of times that if we stopped at a random place where there was no one, got out of the Jeep and stood pointing and pretending to take pictures that I could soon summon up a crowd of my own, all without anything in sight. Just stand there and tell people “Don’t you see the_____(fill in the blanks) over there? Just beside that large pine. Oh, ...
Glaciar National Park
... towards the entrance of Glaciar National Park near Lake McDonald where we would be staying at the famous Lake McDonald Lodge.
The Lodge itself is one of the first/few buildings in the National Park and sits on the lakeshore. It's so peaceful here and amazingly it doesn't feel cramped at all like other National Parks (i.e. Yosemite). We leisurely spent a few days here going on Moose Patrol, short hikes, scenic drives, and a boat tour around ...
Rapids, Sparklers, and Sprinklers
... some of the kids had the opportunity to row the raft for a few minutes. It was great because each of them experienced the difficulty and coordination required to control the raft. The raft we were on was the biggest one they had and was very heavy. In fact, during the few occasions when he brought us in some faster moving waters and waves the sheer size of the boat absorbed the impact of the waves; it was a challenge to splash people ...
Glacier Part II
Today we slept in until about 9:00 am. We we all got moving we drove to the north side of the park. We stopped at Many Glacier and walked a trail to a lake. We were wanting to hike up to Grinnell Glacier, but the path was closed due to an unpassable amount of snow. after hiking the trail, we ate lunch and headed back to the campsite where we hung out for most of the day. Some took naps and others read. Through out the day, the clouds moved ...
Adventures at Many Glacier, Glacier National Park
... a very obviously agitated Ranger, motioned with her hand for quiet and told us in a low voice to freeze where we were. Because she was facing us and away from the lake and moose she had spotted a large cinnamon bear making its way through the trees right behind us. It obviously had been heading to the lake along the path we had taken and spotted us just as it was about to emerge from the trees. Fortunately for us it veered off the path and ...
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