Montana Camping Adventures

We had a wonderful trip to Montana (my birth state) in mid-July. We camped every night with lots of biking, hiking, sightseeing, and swimming during the day. My parents couldn't believe how well Karen and I slept. All the activity and fresh air made us sleep like logs! 

 This was a quiet state park in Thompson Falls right on the Clark Fork River.

With hot temperatures and my sister in the middle of potty-training, it was very common this trip for her to take everything off (including her diaper).

 This was a beautiful, peaceful walk-in camp site overlooking Flathead Lake. Notice Karen even did her part carrying 2 small bags up the trail to our site.

 Roasting marshmallows!

 With temperatures in the 90's, Flathead Lake felt amazing!

 The moon was full and bright orange as it rose above the mountains. It was a beautiful view from our tent.

 Hiking along Flathead Lake.

 We stayed a few nights at a really neat primitive campsite along Bowman Lake in Glacier National Park.

 Papa made the water look very warm and inviting. It was actually quite chilly, but still refreshing!

 We loved all the wild life that walked right through our campsite. We knew not to feed them, so Karen had fun feeding her little horsey instead (pine needles and bark).

 The views in Glacier National Park were incredible.

 I was so excited to see all this snow in July! It didn't slow us down from doing lots of hiking. We loved all the waterfalls, glacier lakes, wild flowers, peaks, bighorn sheep, and mountain goats we saw.

 We stopped hiking and had a little fun growling when we saw the sign below about bear danger but little did we know on our way back down we would see an actual Grizzly Bear. We saw it with binoculars, so our little point-and-shoot camera wasn't powerful enough to take a very good picture. But it was definitely a highlight.

 Biking through Glacier.

 Swimming, hiking, and camping in Northern Idaho near Priest River. I like to make the water look warm and inviting too, just like Papa!

 My sister is a "fish" as well!

We had a such a special get-away with so many great memories! We feel very blessed by all the beautiful places we got to visit as a family. The only thing I was disappointed that I didn't get to see was tumbleweed. I guess they have more of that in Great Falls (where I was born) than they do in Western Montana. :)