Mike & Cathy's Blog: Happy 4th of July! Glacier Nat'l Park

Happy 4th of July! We spent the day at Glacier National Park. This is Mike and my 4th trip to the park so we are very familiar with the scene. We haven't actually camped or stayed overnight in the park, but we've done the scenic drive and also taken the mile and a 1/2 hike up to Avalanche Lake (beautiful).

This trip, we decided to do only Glacier-lite (despite the $25 entry fee) and just hang out at Lake MacDonald just near the entrace to West Glacier. We had a picnic and then let the kids wade in Lake MacDonald as we soaked in Mother Nature at its best. Lolo & Lola, Aunt Bern & Uncle Shawn took the "Going to the Sun" road up to Logan Pass and even did a little fishing. We met them back at the cabins for dinner later in the day.

After we got back, we made a futile attempt to find a place to take the kids swimming and eventually gave up and made dinner. As we speak, I can hear the fireworks go off in Bigfork, but Josie and Jack are both sound asleep, so we didn't take in the fireworks this year (1st time in 5 years) except for the televised Macy's Firework spectacular on NBC.

We absolutely love the cabin and are sad to check out tomorrow, but we're renting a pontoon boat on Flathead Lake for 1/2 the day tomorrow and that should be very relaxing and fun. We will for sure have a somewhere to swim tomorrow!

Here are the pictures from our day:

At the entrace to Glacier National Park, the obligatory sign-family picture.