Living the Dream

I have been so remiss in posting!  I keep waiting for a more convenient time but seems like it doesn't happen.  We have been in Glacier for over 24 hours and I am at a loss for words to describe the awesome beauty.  We have taken some pictures, so hope to get those downloaded and post a few.  We are surrounded by Canadians in the campground (this is very near the border) and the guy next to us has been here dozens of times and has been so helpful with suggestions for hiking.  Today we hiked part of the Garden Wall trail near Logan Pass and then down to two waterfalls - St Mary's falls and Virginia Falls.  I carried a pack to try to toughen up for hiking in the back country next week.  Probably only had 15 pounds in it but I think we did around 7-8 miles.  Made it and don't feel too bad.  Wonder how I will feel in the morning...

We feel like we are finally doing exactly what we came to do.  It's nice to settle into a camping site for more than one night and unpack a little and spread out.  There are bears around and we can't leave any food out.  I actually saw a bear near Lake Mary today.  He was just stepping into the water.  We were in the car on the road above him.  While hiking the Garden Wall, we glanced above us and just above our heads on a ledge was a full grown, white mountain goat.  He calmly gazed at us, not a bit perturbed about our presence.
Just a word about Theodore Roosevelt National Park:  The campground was buggy and we could actually hear the traffic on I-94 but we did set up the tent a few feet from the Little Missouri River and it was nice to sleep where we could feel the breeze blowing and hear the river running.  On our drive around the scenic loop we came across a wild horse who was determined to rile up a small herd of buffalo and when he finally succeeded in getting them stampeding around, he walked off in the other direction.  Pretty funny.  We got to use our bikes a bit in Teddy Roosevelt and hiked 3 shorter trails.  The topography is interesting.  Guess it is considered the Badlands.

We will spend another two nights in this campground and then hope to move to one further north that allows tents (can't have them here because of too much bear activity in the area).  It will also be closer to the trail we hope to begin our backpacking trip on .  That's all for now!