Glacier National Park with the Stinson Family

While we were in Montana for Alexa's blessing we took a couple of days to go to Glacier National Park.  We drove from Garrett and Krystal's house in Great Falls, and it took us about two and a half hours to reach the eastern entrance to the park. 

Our goal for the day was to drive through Glacier from east to west on the famous "Going to the Sun Road".

It was a gorgeous, clear, sunny day.

There were lots of scenic viewpoints and we stopped to take pictures of the spectacular scenery.

There were many waterfalls, lakes and streams.

Every where we looked was more incredible scenery.

This picture was taken at the continental divide.

Hooray for national parks!

I'd been to Glacier when I was a teenager but didn't remember much about it.

We arrived in Kalispell, Montana on the western side of Glacier in time to have dinner and check into our Marriott hotel. Later in the evening, the Stinsons joined us at the same hotel. They'd been visiting Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone, and were on their way to Great Falls to visit Garrett and Krystal's family and to be there for Alexa's blessing.
                            
So the next day we drove back through Glacier again on the "Going to the Sun" road in caravan with the Stinsons, driving from west to east. The day started off rainy and was overcast most of the day.

On the way back through the park we stopped at some places we hadn't stopped the day before.

This is a view of the same stream.

This picture was taken at Lake McDonald on the western side of the park.

Kiera and Savannah thought it was a great place to throw some rocks into the water.

This waterfall was a section of the roadside called the "Weeping Wall" because there's always water running down it's sides.

It was great going back the opposite direction because we noticed different things than we had the day before.

If was also fun to see the park with the Stinson family.

These snow caves were along part of the road.

Kiera and Savannah are always interested in seeing snow!

"Going to the Sun Road" was quite a feat of engineering.

I wanted to get a picture of Lissa in this blog post and this was about the only one I had.

On the eastern end of the park we could see the results of the major forest fire that had burned a large portion of the forest in 2015. It was neat to see the way the wildflowers were growing and beautifying the barren landscape.

Jason thought it was cool, too, and took pictures of the flowers growing.

We feel very blessed to be able to see such a stunning part of this beautiful world of ours!