7/9/12 Drive from Whitefish to Bozeman today. We woke up early and got the heck out of Whitefish (fancytown). Breakfast was at McDonald’s, a sign of our downward spiral. We drove back up to Glacier, obsessed with the one trail we couldn’t get parking for yesterday. We did today! So we did the Trail of Cedars and Avalanche Lake trail. The hike was pretty good, only a little over 4 miles. Sarah thought it was pretty boring (“this is just…
7/6/12 Braden actually waited until 7:00 to get up this morning, so we all got to sleep in a little before we got started with packing and loading up for Whitefish. After several stops for doughnut holes and coffee, we were on Going to the Sun road. It started off pretty level with a beautiful view of St. Mary Lake (13 miles long and 289 feet deep) as we curved around. We parked at Sun Point, shortly onto the road…
7/4/12 So the day began with the usual 6 am wake up from the kids. Ate some crappy continental breakfast and played in the pool, and we were off. We did stop at the Faster Bassett, a local coffee place AND brewery. And at 10 am there were plenty of people buying both beer or coffee or both. Temp: 75 degrees (yeah, you’re jealous). Headed up 3 hours to St. Mary, which is at the Eastern edge of Glacier National…
7/2/12 We left just after noon on Monday, July 2nd, gassed up, grabbed Culvers and started driving. We headed up to Wausau and then over to Eau Claire and Minneapolis, finally stopping for dinner in St. Cloud at a McDonald’s with a playground. We stopped at two McDonald’s before calling around and finding one that did have a playground and going to that one. Yes, we are tools. Did not know – you need socks to go in one of…