Day 18.

Wow. Glacier KOA is incredible, colorful flower beds and native trees everywhere, pool, hot tubs, restaurant, ice cream shop, store, showers, laundry, cabins and more. Some of the monster RVs that people drive around are insanely large and decked out, similar to pulling our actual house around. The camp also offered different site upgrades that provides an actual yard, patio tables, umbrellas, full size grills, and of course all hook ups including, you guessed it, Wi-Fi and cable. Kinda defeats the camping aspect but I don't think that is what they are out for with this set up. Going into Glacier national park was slow going as there was construction. Parking anywhere at features was challenging.  I recommend the shuttle. But the further we went in to the park the more awe struck we were. The first amazing sight was a bear cub crossing the road in front of us! We drove the entire length of Going to the Sun Rd from West to East entrance. From Logan Pass, we hiked up to Hidden Lake and had our lunch. Along the way we saw Big Horn Sheep at a distance, Mountain Goats up close, Marmots, Ground squirrel, and Chipmunk. This place seemed unreal, fields of wildflowers bathed the hills, amongst ice fields melting and crafting streams feeding this wilderness. I kept thinking how lucky these animals are to have this as their home. Nature = art. Really difficult to put this beauty into words, you must see this. Feel it. Experience using all your senses. We stopped at Rising Sun access to Saint Mary Lake to put our feet in. The water was cold but satisfying, we felt refreshed and connected. One really needs to spend about a week to get the whole park in. We pulled off along the road and enjoyed Jackson Glacier, Weeping Wall, a snow bridge, and stood under a waterfall. These are the things your soul needs. Entering at 8 and leaving at 4 we did our best with the time we have

and every intention of returning. The pool and ice cream call us back to camp. Later, with clear star filled skies, we got a bonus of seeing the International Space Station crossing overhead right before bed.