July 31 - Last day in Glacier

Even though it was cloudy and 30% chance of rain, we decided to try hiking just one more time in Glacier. We hiked the McDonald Creek Trail. It wound around the creek, saw more waterfalls and lots of rocks. It did rain but we had our rain jackets on and I didn’t melt. By noon, there was blue sky.

Packed our lunch again so we ate at the Lake McDonald Lodge. Then started off on Sperry Trail which went straight up the side of a mountain. It was a 5 mile hike which we only did 1.5. Decided that we had huffed and puffed enough so we came back down the mountain.

Jumped on the bikes and took off for Kalispell, a town about 35 south of Glacier. Here’s a picture of one of the building in historic downtown. It's the county seat and the largest city in Northwest Montana.

Took this picture for Shan and Linda. When we were in Seattle for a girl's trip, they had little coffee houses all over the place. Same here in the Glacier area. Is it a Northwest thing to do?

Called Andrea and she asked me to bring back some stones from Glacier. Peg had some for a project she wanted to do, but didn't have enough. So, we headed back to Glacier for one last time to get some stones from the shore of Lake McDonald. The lake was created by a glacier and is about 10 miles long and over 500 feet deep. Peg didn't have her camera so this is one I took from the lower end of McDonald Lake.

This is our last night in Hungry Horse so had some packing of clothes and bikes to do. Tomorrow we’re off for Yellowstone to see the sights there. Talk to you tomorrow night.