Saturday August 17, 2019 Whitefish to Amazing Fun Center to Avalanche Lake to Village Inn at Agpar
Sunday August 18, 2019 Village Inn at Apgar
Monday August 19, 2019 Hidden Lake Trail
Tuesday August 20, 2019 Hidden Lake Trail and Many Glacier Hotel
Wednesday August 21, 2019 Highline Trail
Thursday August 22, 2019 Many Glacier Hotel
Friday August 23, 2019 Iceberg Lake
Saturday August 24, 2019 Many Glacier Hotel to El Granada
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CJ recently bought a Miata
He drove down to El Granada so we could all drive to SFO together Saturday morning.
He and Robby went for a drive to go shopping in Half Moon Bay...
2019/08/15 19:20
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Every time we've come to Glacier we've stopped at the Amazing Fun Center for bankshot basketball and the maze.
We decided to play basketball today and we'd try the maze tomorrow
After a lazy morning we got back to the Amazing Fun Center for the maze.
We obeyed all the rules except "no running".
The maze has 4 towers, you need to get your bookmark stamped at each tower, then find either the easy or hard exit - we choose hard, of course.
We decided not to use the hints on the walls.
I followed CJ to one tower, followed Robby to another, and soon had 3 of the 4 towers.
After 2-3 attempts I finally found the hard exit and won!
CJ had all 4 towers but gave up trying to find the hard exit as soon as I won, and Kathy gave up after I won with only 3 towers.
Only Robby kept going until he found the hard exit.
2019/08/17 11:53
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Avalanche Lake
2019/08/17 16:53
View of Lake McDonald from our rooms at Apgar Village
2019/08/17 18:46
Returning from Eddie's ice cream on the way back to the lake...
The boys purchased "Huck It" huckleberry beer.
2019/08/17 20:14
2019/08/19 08:37
Hidden Lake trail.
2019/08/19 08:37
For the first time ever, we did not see mountain goats very close to the Hidden Lake trail.
It was a pretty chillly morning.
2019/08/19 09:18
Bighorn sheep right next to the Logan Pass parking log
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I took pictures and video for perhaps 20 minutes.
Finally I quit taking pictures and started back down the trail.
2019/08/20 11:54
A mama and baby goat keeping out of the hot sun.
The rest of the family stayed with these two for quite a while waiting for me to catch up before finally giving up and heading down the mountain.
2019/08/20 12:35
We were originally going to eat lunch in the parking lot, then realized this would be really selfish since everyone wanted those spots.
We drove a little way down "The Shining" east side of Logan Pass and had lunch in a gorgeous pullout instead.
2019/08/21 10:54
Grinell Glacier overlook
The trail was so busy I didn't feel the need to carry bear spray, but decided I'd feel stupid getting eaten by a bear with my bear spray in my pack.
2019/08/21 11:02
The mama and baby mountain goat went down the cliff around Robby and me. The guy in back of the goats basically chased them. I tried to keep out of their way.
2019/08/21 11:16
Grinell Glacier
2019/08/21 13:12
Lunch time at the Granite Park Chalet
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The weather looked unsettled and it was supposed to rain later.
We decided it was a good day to read and do nothing.
We spent many lazy hours reading and watching bears.
We watched a pair of grizzly bears on the side of the mountain play and eat for hours through binoculars.
The weather was unsettled but it didn't rain until the evening.
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2019/08/22 17:15
We went to dinner at the Swiftcurrent Motor Inn.
The menu and service were much, much worse than the last time we were here - nothing better than burgers, clearly all frozen food.. they weren't even trying.
2019/08/23 07:11
Swiftcurrent Lake, with Swiftcurrent Pass and Swiftcurrent Lookout in the clouds in the background.
2019/08/23 08:49
Suddenly, it turned from nice to gorgeous, quickly on its way to stunning...
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2019/08/23 08:52
I saw a couple coming down the trail and asked them if they'd seen any large mammals.
They replied that there were two humans coming down the trail a few minutes in back of them, but they'd seen no other large mammals.
After a few minutes I saw the other humans, then I knew I had Iceberg Lake to myself.
It quickly became magical...
In silence I approached the lake hoping to see wildlife.
I didn't see anything larger than a chipmunk, but it was a lovely morning in the mountains.
Once I heard rocks crashing somewhere into the lake but I couldn't see what happened.
2019/08/23 09:34
Iceberg Lake
2019/08/23 09:35
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Iceberg Lake
2019/08/23 09:42
Iceberg Lake
2019/08/23 10:12
It only took a few minutes to determine that this chipmunk had no fear at all of people.
He climbed on my shoe looking for food.
I tried to set up my camera on my mini tripod to get a proper picture of myself.
I had the entire upper trail and lake to myself for about 30 minutes before my first company arrived and broke the silence - a couple.
I asked them to take pictures of me instead.
They waded into the lake and took lots of pictures of themselves, but they were nice enough and not too loud.
It was just the three of us for perhaps 10 minutes before another group arrived.
Then more groups started arriving and it was no longer silent.
I warned the next few groups that the chipmunk was extremely agressive but it didn't seem to help much, people aren't very good at listening.
2019/08/23 10:02
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2019/08/23 21:12
leaving our last dinner on our last night in Glacier - so sad!
2019/08/24 07:32
The boy's room at checkout.
I guess they really did go to college.