In Our Rear View

Our First Glacier

A trip that has been on Sheila's list for years...way back during our Davenport days is Glacier National Park. This summer we finally took the opportunity.

We got an invitation to visit some friends living in Great Falls, Montana. We settled into a campground just outside the east entrance to the park and invited Darrin and Terri to stay with us in our new garage/bunkhouse. We had an excellent time, and two of the best Glacier tour guides you could ask for. We spent the entire time enjoying the scenery instead of trying to find our way around.

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The view of the campground out the back as you walk thru the living room, garage and down the back ramp. The garage then converts to sleeping quarters for our guests at night.

The day before our friends arrived. We took the opportunity to ride "The Going to the Sun" road.

Another absolutely fantastic ride on a bike. Someone told us, you can DRIVE these roads in a car and watch the views, or you can RIDE these roads and live in the views. That's so very true. It's a whole different experience riding a motorcycle.

When Darrin and Terri arrived we didn't waste any time getting right to the hiking! We packed into Glacier Lake. Pictures and words will not do any justice to what we experienced. Breathtaking.

I met Darrin thru a mutual client, hired for an Annual Report as the photographer. I highly recommend him for high quality work! (Darrin Shreder Photography)

So of course there had to be a very cold, dark-thirty of the morning wake-up to catch a sunrise over a mountain, right? Yep... (this was my version, Darrin's were much more professional : )

There was plenty of rest and relaxation as well.

After our guides left, we took one more opportunity to hike into the park. This is a simple hike just behind the visitors center as you start up the "Going to the Sun" road.