Today we bade farewell to Glacier and began our drive south. Before we left the area, we decided to check out the Two Medicine section of the park.
Glacier day 3: waterfalls and rain
This morning we checked out of our hotel in East Glacier Village. We didn’t feel like we were finished with Glacier National Park yet, so we booked one more night on the opposite edge of the park (for $39—thanks Hotwire!). We figured…
Glacier day 2: (grizzly) bears, oh my!
We started our second day at Glacier National Park by heading up to the Many Glacier area, which is a bit more remote and considered by many to be the best that the park has to offer. We weren’t in…
I hiked deep into the heart of grizzly country and survived!
Well, we lucked out! Weather forecast was for a cold rain today. We headed out anyway and were rewarded with a slightly chilly, but pretty day!
Glacier National Park: fantastic, but where are all the bears at?
We made it into Glacier National Park today, and it didn’t disappoint! This is how you do a national park—Cuyahoga Valley, I’m looking at you. No bear sightings today (we did see a couple moose though!), though rangers are warning…
Glacier National Park is glorious!
Here we are at Day 11 already! What better way to spend it than at Glacier National Park? First stop on the agenda was the famous Going to the Sun Road, a 50-mile scenic route through the park.
Scenes from the Montana roadside
We’re checked into a tiny motel outside the eastern edge of Glacier National Park for the next few days. Walking around the town—which consists of a train station and about six buildings—it feels like we’ve stepped back in time at…
Montana’s other nickname should be “the windy state”
Hooray! We’ve arrived in East Glacier, Montana. The six hour drive took us through hundreds of miles of pancake-flat farmland, gently rolling hills, bendy rivers, golden yellow prairies, and even a meadow filled with hundreds of buffalo!
The Badlands should really be called “the Goodlands”
We have been travelling for one week today. We “celebrated” by spending the day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park: so much wildlife!
We spent the day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park with its many animal inhabitants. The wildlife density here is crazy—it always feels like there is a buffalo, prairie dog, or some other creature around every corner.