Kathy and I arrived in East Glacier KOA on 7 June in anticipation of meeting up with Ed and Kay that afternoon and enjoying a little bit of the east side of Glacier National Park with them before crossing the border into Canada....... that was not to be....see Ed's post on their journey.
Weather here has been pretty varied....we have had highs in the upper 80's the first day with mild nights but it has turned a little cooler the last two days. Last night was a cool 36 degrees and today a pleasant 65. Tonight is expected to get to the mid 30's again and a chance of snow in the morning by the time we plan to depart......you need everything from a bathing suit to a snow suit.
We spent all day on the 8th of June touring and hiking here in the park on this side. Note - with the going to the sun road not open yet it is a 2.5 hour drive from the West to the East side of the park. Again a beautiful setting with fantastic hiking trails/views of St. Mary Lake and the mountains. Much of the hiking we did on this side was through forests that had been destroyed by fire....some one year ago and some ten years ago. It's interesting that the forest service now talks about the fires as a good thing to regenerate the forest. You will notice from our photos that much of the timber is burned yet the bed of the forest is alive with many wild flowers that are beautiful.
On Thursday the 9th of June we rested and did laundry except for a short ride to the Many Glacier part of the park which is an entrance about 8 miles north of where we are staying.
Today was our long hike day....we did about 6 miles of a hike that included three named waterfalls and at least a couple other places with water cascading that deserved to be named in my opinion. It was a really nice hike along the shores of Lake Mary.....we met and talked with many nice folks along the way.
We were very happy to get back to camp to find Ed and Kay had arrived in their brand new truck.....they were as happy to see us and we are all ready now to move on. Tomorrow morning we break camp and head into Alberta, Canada with plans to tour Banff and Jasper National Parks.
Some of the photos from the last couple of days below:
Sunrise photo on Lake St. Mary - notice how the sun lit the tiny island in the water
Kathy by the Baring Waterfall
Wild flowers on the hillside
Still snow on these peaks
Getting in the selfie game
Just below the falls
Beautiful trails
Wildflowers
Wildflower or weed?
Hiking Trail
Hiking Trail
View driving from the West side on Highway 2
Lake St. Mary
Lovely photos. Absolutely gorgeous. You two look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Candice :-)
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