Sorry it has been so long since I have written we have been
busy from sun up till sun down for the past few days, a lot has happened.
Starting with the day we left the Grimes house, which was July 4th. Originally
Mr. Grimes, Dad, Mom and I planned to go to the YMCA to exercise but we didn’t
realize that it was the fourth of July that day, so as we arrived we slowly
realized what day it was because everything was closed. As an alternate option
we decided to bike around Seattle, it was a nice ride in the beginning (going downhill)
but then it changed for like 5 miles we biked straight uphill to their house.
After our bike ride we headed out towards Kellogg, Idaho. It felt like a terribly long drive but we
finally arrived and set up camp. The camp site is where there used to be a gold
mine but it’s abandoned now, you could pan for gold and finding some is guaranteed
(too bad it was only fools gold)! That night we watched the fireworks the town put
off. We were in the middle of a parking lot and people were shooting off fireworks
all around us the whole time we had a continuous show the whole time.
July 5th we set off again heading towards Glacier
National Park we stopped at the white fish KOA, which was a very nice facility.
Our day still wasn’t over yet, next on our schedule was to go hiking, we went
to Avalanche Lake (5 ½ miles). The lake was very beautiful we walked around a
forth of it enjoying the scenery. We think that we saw a bear up on a cliff but
we don’t know it may have been a shadow. (I think that it was a shadow because
it wasn’t moving at all) When we got back from the hike the parents made dinner
while the boys played with these go carts, that you pedal and steer with your
legs on. I read a book.
July 6th we drove AGAIN! This time to the other
side of Glacier on the way we stopped to see Dad’s cousin Jess, who he hasn’t
seen on over 15 yrs. She took us on a float trip which was very relaxing and
nice. Then we drove to our KOA outside of East Glacier.
July 7th we woke up and hiked to St. Mary Falls
and Virginia Falls, about ½ mile in the hike we saw a bear. Dad was leading us
around a corner when he backed up repeating Bear, Bear. The bear looked at us
and walked away we didn’t move for a half an hour after. The St. Mary falls
were well worth the hike and very wet, which was a nice reprieve from the hot air.
Once the hike was done we went to Logan Pass and hiked up a Glacier which was
100% covered in snow, we (the kids) absolutely loved the hike at the top we saw
a Mountain Goat with a baby. We were supposed to see hidden lake, which lived
up to its name, it was hidden in a layer of ice. On the way back down me and
Garrett decided to slide down on of the hill on our bottoms. It was freezing
(we were in shorts and t-shirts) and painful because the snow was icy.
July 8th we were scared to death because on our
hike to Cracker Lake multiple people in front of us warned us that they saw grizzly
bears, one group saw two and turned back. All of us were on edge, me especially
but we made it to the lake. Which was absolutely breath taking color, it was turquoise
blue. We ate lunch on a rock and saw a marmot running around; we got a picture
of its bottom. The hike back was also nerve wracking, the whole way back we
made a ton of noise by yelling and clapping to warn bears that we were there. Luckily
we saw no bears at all. That night we relaxed in the pool and had a yummy dinner
of pork tenderloin.
July 9th I am typing this while we are driving
and now I have to go Bye!
No comments:
Post a Comment