Glacier National Park

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We went to Glacier National Park to celebrate our 25th anniversary.

Neither of us had ever been there so we were excited to see what was there.

We stayed in a very nice KOA Kampground in a little one room log cabin just 2 miles from West Glacier. It had a little swing on the porch.

It also had a warm hot tub which was more than inviting after our all day Saturday touring trip.

Jim realized his first perk for being a Senior Citizen. He was able to get a lifetime pass to all National Parks for himself and everyone in his car for $10! What a nice surprise!

One disappointment was the Going-To-The-Sun Road was closed for construction. So, we will have to make another trip.

I had two wishes for this trip. I wanted to see a mountain goat and a bear. On Friday the only wild animal we saw was a chipmunk. 

We will take the Red Bus tour next time. Jim loved these little buses. Several of them were in parking lots of places we stopped. Next time.

Saturday was by far the most impressive day for seeing natures grandeur. We spent the day on the east side and travelled to Logans Pass Visitor Center. This is the east side of the GTS Road. What a magnificent place.

Then we went on to Many Glacier. The lodge there had just closed. We could drive right down to it, but it was so big you couldn’t see it all. We noticed people up on a little hill behind the lodge so we decided to go there. A Red Bus Tour group was up there taking pictures. The view was incredible! We just stood there and took in the sights from every angel. The group left and we were left standing there when Jim nudged me. Out from behind a bush came a goat, then another one, and another one, right in front of us. There were five in all, including a baby. They sauntered off, so we got back in our car. When we were down at the lodge, there they were again!

On the war back to the entrance we came upon two cars and a motorcycle stopped on the road. We stopped to see what they were looking at, and there was a black bear!  He just sat there looking at all these people looking at him and then sauntered off the road.

We have never seen such majestic beauty as we saw in this park. We recommend everyone take at least one trip to see the amazing scenery!