Good News: We had lots of fun in Swan Valley
So as we were packing for our Montana trip, we were getting some bad feelings about going. We decided not to go and save the trip for next year...I thought we'd be devastated, but we felt so peaceful after making the decision that we weren't that disappointed. And we decided to go camping in nearby Swan Valley instead.
We camped at a little campground at Palisades Creek Thursday and Friday nights. On Friday morning we hiked four miles into Lower Palisade Lake where we saw a bull moose. The water was too cold to go swimming in, but we put our toes in. And that felt really good on our tired and hot feet. The hike was a pretty easy hike since it was not steep and was mostly in the shade, but Katie didn't like the hiking backpack very much when she was trying to fall asleep, so we ended up carrying her most of the way in. Luckily she did better on the return trip and stayed in the pack most of the time. Next time we won't pick such a long hike for her sake.
Here's a list of fun things we saw on our trip:
- bull moose
- beautiful lake
- Falls Creek Waterfall
- Golden Eagles
- hummingbirds
- a snake
- natural springs
- snail shells
3 comments:
Yeah! What a fun time. When Caleb and Haleigh were really little we went on a big long hike in Yosemite, thinking somehow (or not really thinking) that Haleigh would hike with us and we'd be carrying Caleb in the pack. We ended up carrying both of them up and back and decided we'd wait until everyone was older:) I'm glad you had fun. I wish we could get back to Glacier some time.
I'm glad you had fun. I can't wait until we can take the boys camping. I'm sure Dan will be jealous you saw a moose. We have yet to find one for him. Maybe we can have the next family reunion in Glacier.
Sounds so fun! Palisades is beautiful!! I hope the snake wasn't too close... :)
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