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Whitewater rafting, Sacred Waters Brewery and a hike at Tally Lake, Montana (6.27-6.28.20)

We were able to go on a half day rafting trip on the Middle Fork River with the Glacier Rafting Company and our guide, Chin (Instagram Chinx2)! I don’t have many pics because were trying to stay in the raft, but NEVER FEAR! We rafted with our Workamper buddies, the Ramsays, who created a video about the trip, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0cfZFXEy2w. Sacred Waters is a local brewery with AMAZING ciders and brews. On the 28th, we headed back to Tally Lake for a hike to the overlook.

Glacier National Park, Montana (6.23.20)

We had an exciting bike ride in Glacier. The waterfalls were noticeably larger than last time we’ve been there. We followed a big black bear up the road for a bit until he got bored and took off. On our way back down, he was coming up the road again. After backing up for a little while, there were about 15 of us, so we lined our bikes on the opposite side of the road. The bear walked up the road through about half our line, then went off into the woods. It was pretty surreal being about 20 feet from the bear, he was pretty relaxed and walking slowly, and had obviously been eating well, but it was pretty crazy. On the way out of the park, we saw our first moose, drinking water across the river. A sunset on Lake McDonald topped off a great evening.

Wild Horse Island and Tamarac Brewing Co, Montana (6.20.20)

Wild Horse Island is a 2,100 acre state park in Flathead Lake that is known for it’s hiking trails, herds of deer, ram and five wild horses. We hiked all over it with with Tim, Larry, and Alice and Gordon of Roaming with the Ramsays (check them out on YouTube), our fellow Workampers. We hiked all over it and were able to see a ton of wild flowers, an impressive herd of rams, a herd of sheep and all five horses. We were able to see an Osprey’s nest and pull a fish out of the water. Then we headed to Tamarac Brewing company for some amazing beer and cider and the most ridiculous (in a good way) nachos we’ve ever seen. And… the kid turns one tomorrow. Time freaking flies.

Glacier National Park, Montana (6.16.20)

Another day of biking on the Going to the Sun road in Glacier. Another day of stunning scenery with only bikes and walkers on the road. The road was open further today, so we were able to ride from Avalanche to the Loop. A grizzly had been sighted several times on The Loop trail about a mile from the trail head, so we didn’t go far, but we couldn’t resist walking a little ways in for a different view of the mountains. After leaving the park, we took a drive a saw the black bear, we stared at each other for a little while before he took off into the woods.

  • Amazing to have this place almost to ourselves
  • Snow runoff from the beaks above
  • one of two lookout arches in the tunnel

Holland Falls, Montana (6.13.20)

A short hike around Holland Lake took us and some fellow Workampers to Holland Falls. Holland Falls was impressive. It was a huge and cold, which was awesome after the hike. There were huge granite boulders that line the falls, so you can climb over them to get closer to the water. We were then able to check out Swan Lake and then Seeley Lake for lunch. At Seeley Lake we were able to see the largest Western Lark tree in the country.

Harbor Grille and Hungry Horse Reservoir, Montana (6.5-6.7.20)

The Harbor Grille on the shore of Flathead Lake was awesome. Good food, great drinks and stunning views. We will have to go back when they have the fire pit going. We got to the side of Hungry Horse that we couldn’t get to before because of snow pack on the road. We ended up leaving due to bad weather and our inability to pre-plan fuel usage. And… some pics of the kid.