We woke up on Day 4 and headed north from Helena towards Glacier National Park. We stopped to enjoy the scenery along the way, and for a picnic lunch.
Unfortunately, the Going to the Sun Road, the only road at Glacier that goes all the way across, was not open due to too much snow. We traveled from the East entrance about 15 miles in then turned around and headed back out to go the long way around to the west side.
Casper was really excited about the white water, he kept calling them Waterfalls and loved to watch them flow.
There were many beautiful places to see along the way but it was hard to see the Glacier’s because of all of the snow. Daddy and Casper even played with the snow for a little while.
After we went as far as we could go from the east, we turned around and headed south along the edge of the park towards the west side. The road was precarious, but not unsafe. It looked like the snow had really caused some problems this year. At the south end of the park, was the lodge with beautiful grounds. Casper did some more shadow dancing and played in another Tipi. We were surprised to see our spring flowers blooming there on July 3rd!
At another pull out along the way, was a natural salt lick in the cliffs where mountain goats tended to hang out. Casper was sleeping during this portion of the trip, but Mommy and Daddy enjoyed watching the goats. It was amazing to watch them scale that steep cliff.
Finally, we made it to the other side of the park and set up camp for the night.
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