This road trip was all about visiting Glacier National Park. We visited two parks on the way there and one on the way back.
Touristy but we had to stop at Wall Drug: Jenny & Jamie
Julie’s in the wagon.
OUR 13th NATIONAL PARK
ESTABLISHED: JANUARY 25, 1939
ACRES: 244,000
HIKING TRAILS: 8
Kids are saying great, another hike
Four Whytes with four presidents.
Devil’s Tower, for some reason the kids were really grumping hiking around this
OUR 14th NATIONAL PARK
ESTABLISHED: MARCH 1, 1872
(first national park in the world)
ACRES: 2,221,766
HIKING TRAILS: 284
Tower Falls in Yellowstone
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
Rest stop after hiking to the bottom
We took a boat ride to see Gates of the Mountain and a Lewis & Clark campsite.
Julie on the boat
My girls on the Missouri River
On the river this looks like a solid wall until you get to the right angle and the “Gates” open.
OUR 15th NATIONAL PARK
ESTABLISHED: MAY 11, 1910
ACRES: 1,012,837
HIKING TRAILS: 158
Our first hike in Glacier
Logan Pass in August, the day we arrived they got 3 feet of snow in the pass. Fortunately the combination of warmer temps and good road crews got Going to the Sun Road open the next day.
OUR 16th NATIONAL PARK
ESTABLISHED: NOVEMBER 10, 1978
ACRES: 70,446
HIKING TRAILS: 7
Our first Bison
HAPPY TRAILS, STEVE