6/16 – The drive from Shelby was nice because we finally started to see the mountains with snow still on them. On the way we passed a wind farm about 5 miles away on top the foothills. They were still assembling some of the 80 or so windmills.
Arrived this afternoon at Glacier National Park. We are staying at Many Glaciers Park. We were going to stay at Two Medicine but it looked like it was too far off our route. When we leave we can go straight up to Calgary on 89. The campsite is a pull through with no hookups– very easy access. It is in a valley and the mountains are up on both sides of the campground. With the binoculars and the spotting scope we can usually find mountain goats and bighorn sheep.
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We went on a guided hike in the afternoon with a park ranger. She pointed out plant life and animal tracks. It was about a one mile easy hike.
In the evening we attended a talk at the Many Glacier Hotel on the plants and animals in the park. Speaking of the park hotel, the Many Glacier Hotel is a great place to stay if you want to experience the park without camping. They have a huge open lobby with a center fireplace and open porch overlooking a mountain and lake. They say a lot of the wild animals come down from the mountain – moose, mountain goat, and big horn, and can be seen while sitting on the porch. I never saw a hotel lobby with so much activity. It looked like great fun to stay there.
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