Days 12-17: East Glacier and Bozeman, MT

Ack! I am going AGES between posts.

After dropping Elizabeth at the Calgary airport last Saturday, I spent one night in Waterton (a Canadian national park that borders the US Glacier National Park in Montana) and two nights in East Glacier.

Without further ado, let me show you many pictures from an exceptionally gorgeous hike from the Many Glacier campground in Glacier NP to Grinnell Glacier.

A mountain goat along the way:

Grinnell Glacier itself. At the summit, I crashed a ranger-led hike. The ranger said that the small glacial pool here - an almost ludicrously lovely turquoise blue - is 160 feet deep. Glacial lakes are quite deep, in spite of their clarity.

Glacier National Park: as you might guess from the name, it's cold! Here's the temp on the INSIDE of my RV at 8am one morning. Fortunately, in the last 48 hours, my mom's amazing coworker friend Ken has helped me figure out how to make my furnace work - though I have still not quite figured out how I will stay warm when I am camping without electricity (i.e., camping in any wilderness area).

After the Frigidaire blast of camping without heat in Glacier National Park, I've spent the past few days having a staycation in Bozeman, Montana.

A staycation (as I'll rename it for the purposes of this trip) is a vacation from the vacation - an opportunity to live like I'm at home, not camping. This means watching Downton Abbeyon RV park WiFi, baking scones and showering daily.

I have been biking the six miles into town daily to join yoga classes, be a pedestrian, and otherwise live like an urbanite - at least for a little while.

Bozeman is a college town (home to Montana State University) with some beautiful old homes and a thriving art scene. The following pictures don't quite do it justice, but it is a very nice place.

Tomorrow: off to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks!