Glacier National Park

I will start by saying that Montana has some incredible scenery, and these pictures do it no justice at all.

The day we drove to Glacier, it was rainy and cloudy. Jason was not impressed.

The two lane highway seemed to last forever, but we were glad to see this. 

When we finally made it, Aunt Hollie and Uncle Bry were already there, and they had been watching some mountain goats on the side of the mountain. Would you believe that was the first time in my life I had seen real life mountain goats? They were awesome. 

This was right by our cabin. As the clouds broke and moved, the scenery changed. It seemed like you could see something different every couple minutes. 

The next morning, we started driving through the park. This was our first stop. It was a really cloudy morning, but it was gorgeous. 

Aunt Hollie bought a flower book so her and the boys could figure out what kinds of flowers we saw. The boys loved this. 

Jason and Bry found this little "love nest" of caterpillars. 

Hollie took this picture at one of our next stops along the road. 

Just another pic of us and the mountains. 

There are lakes everywhere, and they are all just as amazing as the one before it. 

We stopped for lunch at the continental divide. The fog was so thick when we stopped, I couldn't see the road. And just when we thought we were at the top of the mountain, a cloud would move and there would be even more mountain above us. 

The boys were so good, and had fun sightseeing. 

Uncle Bry showed Elliott how to use Hollie's camera.  

On the road around the park, there are waterfalls from the melting snow.

You drive right through them. 

We stopped here and actually hiked back to see a waterfall. If you look, you can see Elliott and Jason walking ahead of us. I asked Hollie and Bry to hold on a second (I wanted a pic of Jason and Elliott) and both of them turned around and posed for me to take their picture instead. I laughed so hard, and took the picture anyway. I love them. :)  

Hollie by the river. It was SO fast. 

Ethan taking it all in. 

The bridge to get to the waterfall. 

Elliott loved hiking with his dad. 

Us. 

My little camera hogs. 

If you look, really close, Jason climbed up on a rock by the waterfall. Do you see him? 

More of us. 

Elliott inside of a tree. He'd make a really cute woodland creature. 

Ethan took this of Hollie. 

Another seek and find pic. Do you see the baby owl? He's so cute. 

Jason got up close and personal with this guy. Hollie thought for sure it was a polar bear coming out of the bushes to eat Jason. Haha. Either way, it was so cool to see him so close up. He didn't seem bothered by us at all.

We got back to the cabin, and got ready for dinner. Jason cooked for us on his new camp stove (thanks Joe). There really is no better tasting meal than when you are camping. 

The night ended with s'mores. 

Jason should definitely win some kind of award for the best photo bomb ever. :)  

The next morning was another beautiful one. We hiked closer to the cabins, but saw two amazing lakes. Elliott became quite the photographer on this trip.  

Our hike started with people telling us they had just seen a baby grizzly. This mama was on high alert, but fortunately, Hollie and I are loud by nature and we didn't see any bears.

A lady told us she was fishing here the day before and someone in a canoe told her she better pack up because there was a grizzly just a little ways down who was also fishing.  

Elliott and Bryan took pictures of each other. 

Ethan and Jason went fishing. 

Didn't catch anything, but not for lack of trying. 

The water was COLD. Haha.

But she kept sticking her feet in anyway. 

On our way back to the car, we saw this. How cool!! 

Bry and the boys went and checked it out closer. They could actually spot teeth marks. 

We also saw a baby moose on our way back, but he was quick and we didn't get a picture. 

During our weekend, the boys filled out activity books to become Junior Rangers. So on the way out, they got sworn in. :) 

Elliott is so dang cute about it. He learned about taking care of the park, ie: pick up trash, don't feed the animals, don't pick the flowers, but this same morning while he and Ethan were exploring after breakfast he came to me with his hands behind his back. He said "Mom, I don't want to be a Junior Ranger." I said "Why?" and he handed me a flower and said "because I just wanted to pick this for you." He seriously melts my heart sometimes. I didn't tell on him though, and he was able to get sworn in as a Junior Ranger anyway. :) 

Our stay was definitely to short. I'm sure we didn't see 1/4 of the things there are to see. It was so fun to hang out with Hollie and Bry, and we will be going back I'm told.