Wednesday morning when we woke up it was 32°. Yikes - I guess winter is coming up to the north. Anyway packed up and left the St. Mary's area of the park and headed up to the Many Glaciers area. Within a couple of miles cars were pulled off to the side of the road - and you guessed it - there was a momma bear and two cubs way up on the hillside eating away and ignoring the gawking people down below. They were too far away for a picture, but what a great welcome. I had forgotten to mention that when we first came onto the park Sunday night a coyote crossed the road. How cool is that?
Anyway, back to Wednesday morning. We found a camp spot in the middle of a big camp park. But, there were enough trees around and people are very respectful of other campers that it was OK. We checked out our hiking book and decided to do the Grinnell hike and managed to start before noon (11:45) so we felt pretty good.
Once again, all I can say are that the views are spectacular. We chose to go to the Grinnell Glacier as opposed to just the lake, and I'm so glad we did; although at the top it was a bit breezy and cold. It was about 11 miles round trip, but worth it.
We did have a ram Big Horn sheep join us on the trail for awhile and saw a heard or two off in the distance. Towards the end of the hike were some ptarmigans.
And there were the oddest looking plants. They reminded Steve of the Lorax.
That night we had taco salad, a lovely fire
And bed.
Thursday morning we decided to hike the Iceberg Trail. It had been closed previously due to "bear activity" but was now opened (and we have our bear spray and bear bells). It was 10 miles up and back, and I hate to sound like a broken record, but it was gorgeous.
Who said you had to go to the Antarctic to see icebergs?
Thursday night we had planned to sleep at the Many Glacier Hotel
And it was wonderful. Nothing like a nice warm shower! Also, they had electricity and wifi. Hence, the blog.
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