{"id":28052,"date":"2024-07-24T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T03:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=28052"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:10:57","slug":"montana-and-glacier-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2024\/07\/montana-and-glacier-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana and Glacier National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We stayed in Whitefish, Montana in an Airbnb called 3 Bears Cottage. It was adorable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the evenings we sat outside and read, then watched movies before bed. One night we watched an action movie. The next night we watched Mall Cop. Mall Cop was better than the action movie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was a serene place to stay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had one day to see Glacier National Park. We took the day to drive the Going To the Sun Road, 51 miles of narrow winding road each way. The views were beautiful. There were red touring cars all along the route. To drive this road west to east, you need a reservation. Richard secured our reservation many months in advance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The water was so blue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark is always in search of rocks in the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We are getting splashed by the waterfall in this shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waterfalls were everywhere, some right next to the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We couldn’t find parking at the top for the high line trail, so Richard and I drove down the road while Tim and Mark hiked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I believe this is the most beautiful picnic site I have ever seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This water was full of colorful rocks. Someone called them “fruity pebbles.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We saw two bears on this day, one near our cabin, and one in Glacier. Both bears crossed the road right in front of our truck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We broke up the drive home by staying one night in Island Park, Idaho, where we borrowed a friend’s side by side and drove to this beautiful place with crystal clear water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It took all day to drive through Montana each way. Highlights were the big lakes, but a lot of the time Montana reminded me of Nevada. We were able to finish our audiobook in northern Utah, and when we got home, I felt some withdrawal symptoms from not hearing our British narrator all of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well done, Richard, on the planning and work you did for this trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It took all day to drive through Montana each way. Highlights were the big lakes, but a lot of the time Montana reminded me of Nevada. We were able to finish our audiobook in northern Utah, and when we got home, I felt some withdrawal symptoms from not hearing our British narrator all of the … Continue reading Montana and Glacier National Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,26,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-time","category-fatherhood","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28052"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28257,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28052\/revisions\/28257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}