October 2, 2008 – Thursday
Glacier National Park – Apgar Campground
Glacier National Park is incredible. I’m sure it’s beautiful all times of year, but right now it’s absolutely indescribably beautiful with the changing colors of fall. It’s a good thing that I have my chaps with me since it’s pretty darn cold here; and they’re all full of mud now, too, so otherwise that would all just be on my jeans! After waking up, my parents packed up all of their camp gear and I moved my hammock to a new location since they were finally out of my way (love you guys!)… We started biking and found that it was 39 miles to the top of Logan Pass, where the Going to the Sun road was closed from then on for construction. It was a cold ride at the bottom of the mountain so I wore many layers, including a scarf, & and gradually as the day warmed up as we got up higher on the mountain and it was hot!! I surprised me, however, that the heights in Glacier weren’t in general as high as they were in Yellowstone.
I really wish that I could have done a lot of hiking in the area, but my parents wanted to head out pretty early. As it was, they didn’t leave until a few hours later than they had anticipated originally; it takes a lot of time to see a park like this – even just a portion of it!
On the top of the mountain at Logan Pass, we looked for animals and saw beautiful mountains with snow and trees with changing colors. We did manage to see one mountain sheep which was pretty cool, but really far away; without the binoculars I wouldn’t have been able to see it. Also at the top of the mountain we met a 92-year old man who goes hiking every week. He was sitting, waiting for the rest of his party to finish since he ended a bit earlier, and visiting with whoever came by. What an interesting man! I didn’t actually talk to him much but listened to a few of his conversations with other people and really listened while he recited some poetry. 
Pretty inspiring, that guy; I hope I’m that interesting when I get older. Especially, I wish that I could have hiked up in that area a bit, but we had some time constraints and really hadn’t eaten lunch yet. So, we drove back down and really didn’t stop much for photos and such so that we could get my parents on their way. Before they left, we had dinner at a place in West Glacier. My buffalo burger was awesome.
Pretty inspiring, that guy; I hope I’m that interesting when I get older. Especially, I wish that I could have hiked up in that area a bit, but we had some time constraints and really hadn’t eaten lunch yet. So, we drove back down and really didn’t stop much for photos and such so that we could get my parents on their way. Before they left, we had dinner at a place in West Glacier. My buffalo burger was awesome.
I really felt like I didn’t get enough time here and I don’t know when I’ll be back, so I’m staying another night without my parents. I’m looking forward to tonight and tomorrow, having more time in the park.
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