Sun 11 Aug

Have been too tired to blog the last few days ( and am pushing it now) but wanted to remember the great days we have had at Glacier. Friday we found our funky little hotel which is in a high-end resort area in Whitefish, MT. We are right next door to a fancier resort with the excellent restaurant I had read about on the Web. Friday we splurged on the 5- course tasting menu that was fabulous. After dinner we crashed from the long day. Saturday we had an excellent breakfast at our hotel, bought lunch fixings at the local Safeway, then drove into the park. We stopped at the visitor center for hike recommendations and bought bear spray. Our hike for today was at a park entrance over an hour's drive away. We hiked to Scenic Point which took about 5 hours including a lunch break but was absolutely beautiful. It had fairly high elevation so we were pretty tired by the end. On the long drive back, I finally got to use a bathroom after about 8 hours since my previous visit. We happened upon church that had just started so we were able to get to Mass that evening. We came back to the hotel and walked next door to eat in the bar. I had an elk burger with fried rosemary and sage fries. Sunday we again had a great breakfast, got lunch things from Safeway, and drove I through the nearest park entrance. We drove on the Going To The Sun highway to Logan Pass and hiked the Piegan Pass trail. It was slightly longer but slightly less steep with no less spectacular views. Dinner in the bar again after a beer in the Lake McDonald Lodge in the park.