Glacier National Park Day Two

Day two started out with great anticipation.  We ate breakfast, packed a lunch and headed out.  We were amazed all day at the beauty we saw.  I can't tell you how many lakes we saw but there were many.   The kids did really good for three days we were there.

At Many Glacier we walked all around the lake.  It lake was super clear.  

After Hiking all morning we stopped and had lunch.  The kids enjoyed getting food and running around on flat ground.  Kids climbed trees and spun in circles.  There were times of getting rather warm and then were able to cool off by the water fall.  It was fabulous. 

There was this one trail that we decided on that looked easy for the kids.  It was to walk from an old rangers station around a lake.  Well it started out with weeds as tall as us.  We didn't know quite what we had gotten into.  Just a little into the hike we ran into a couple that had decided to turn around.  They asked us if we had bear spray we said "no."  They gave us some. Just in case we ran into a bear.  That made us think are we doing the right thing?  The trail wasn't well marked and it was a true adventure.  Once we got out of the tall weeds we came to a meadow that was blooming with flowers, the trail seemed to fade in and out along the trail.  At one point we thought are we even on a path?

WE  WERE SO GLAD TO SEE THIS SIGN!

The sign told us what way back to the parking lot.  The path from here on was well marked.  We did have a little accident crossing a stream.  Shane was ahead with some of the kids and I was with Ryker.  He had gotten really tired and needed help standing on the little stones crossing the stream.  Well lets just say it ended up like this below.  We were lucky to end up with our shoes on.  The mud almost kept them.  Some other people were not as lucky as us.  There were shoes left behind from other hikers.  To keep Ryker and Lauren hiking we had to make up a story about our muddy shoes.   I don't remember what it was about but it worked and we were all so glad to get to the car.  After this day Ryker and I wore our flip flops for the last day of hiking. Which ended up being ok.  I'm sure our shoes would have made things easier but I didn't want to put my foot back into that.

This waterfall was on a rocky ledge which the kids had a hard time getting to.  Brianna and Shane were the only ones to hike down to where they could touch the water.

It seemed like if we were in the car for more then a half an hour we would find them like this.

We saw this license plate in one of the parking lots.  I bet you haven't seen one like this.  It was real!  After this day was over we went back to the cabin and ate dinner.  The kids watched a movie and then we went to bed.  One more day of our wonderful trip.