Glacier National Park

Glacier is by far my most favorite national park we’ve seen - it’s just beautiful! We got a little late of a start this morning, and then spent some time doing some short trails on the east side of the park near our KOA. I think the kids are sick of mountains already, as they were not as impressed as I was (Grace “it’s just more mountains and lakes mom”). We then spent 2 hours driving to check out the west side (which we couldn’t get into without a reservation until after 3pm, and couldn’t get to from the east side because the alpine pass is still closed due to snow). We spent some time skipping rocks at McDonald lake, which the kids really loved (I think they are lake/beach people). And then we spent way too much money getting a dinner at a lodge restaurant (which was just fine as far as food) before heading back for the 2 hour drive to our KOA (getting some ice cream on the way back). Ultimately, I feel like the east side had way better views anyway, and we should have just stuck to our side. We are planning on waking up around 2am to look at the stars for a bit, then hoping to hit Many Glacier for some trails tomorrow morning after we sleep in and before heading to Canada.Lue lisää