DFT16 - Glacier NP

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It took forever to drive to Glacier...I didn't help that we didn't leave Rainier going the correct way and added 2 hours to our trip.  But we finally got here and it was def. worth the wait and with the time added to the trip.  We made it into the park around 9:15 and had to drive the whole Going to the Sun road from West Glacier to St. Mary.  Our friend Sarah we had met in Yosemite told us that she wan't really impressed with the Going to the Sun Road....but I feel as if she must have been having a really bad day because even at 10 at night the Going to the Sun road was quite impressive.  



Thursday we spent driving back across the park to go some things in West Glacier.  We hiked Avalanche Lake and spent the afternoon at Lake McDonald Lodge.  We took our time driving back across yesterday evening to take pictures as we went.  Plus we got to see Mountain Goats. 







Friday's adventures were stationed in the Many Glacier area of the park.  We wanted to hike Grinell Glacier, but it was closed due to snow.  We hiked Grinell Lake instead...hoping to see Big Horn Sheep, a Moose, and maybe a Grizzly...at a safe distance of course.  Well we did end up seeing a Big Horn Sheep.  I was leading the way down the trail with my head down to watch where I was stepping and I almost walked us directly into a Big Horn Sheep...seriously we were less than 20 feet away.  Then we couldn't get it to move off the trail and Daniel thought we should just keep our heads down and walk right by.  The sheep did not like that at all, as soon as we started towards him, he jumped up on the trail and stared Daniel down.  Eventually, we broke the rules climb up the hill off the trail...trampled all kinds of flowers I'm sure but it was the only way to get around.  We did not ever see a moose or a bear.  Some people on the trail stopped us and said there had been a bear near an upcoming boat dock roughly 10 to 15 mins before we had gotten there but we never saw it.  For dinner tonight we ate outside the park at a place called Johnson's.  Its a family style restaurant.  the food was great and you could tell it was homemade...but the dessert....well just see for yourself!






And just like that DFT16 is now over...we have two super long days to drive home, but we have officially seen all we came to see.  I have a few more posts I would like to do before we close the book on Dudley Field Trip 2016.  I'm going to do a recap on the whole trip and post the best pictures taken with the good camera, but Thanks for following along! 













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