Two Medicine- Glacier National Park, MT

While Going to the Sun Road is the most popular attraction at Glacier National Park, some of the lesser known areas should not be overlooked. We checked out an area called Two Medicine, and as you will see it was well worth it.

Two Medicine lake.

Our first adventure of the day was a short, easy accessible hike to Running Falls. There's a pretty cool Native American story about the falls, but to learn that you're going to half to go there yourself, hehe.
(Where is that water coming from).

The falls headed off to a beautiful river.

Where's Papa, can you find him?

Time for a little rest.

This place is amazingly beautiful!

After a boat ride across the Lake we took a longer hike to Twin Falls.

There are some cool bridges on this hike.

At the base of Twin Falls.

As the name suggests there are two falls. Here's one of them.

Summer hiking in Glacier is walking through the wild flowers.

Who's Upside-down?

How do you do that Papa?

Our boat ride back, our very knowledgeable tour guides gave us some great info.

Ahhh, so relaxing to be three months.

With the sun not setting until after 10pm we get to do a lot of things in one day.

For the 3rd hike of the day,

we went to Appistoki Falls.

Mama says I've become quite the hiker.

What a great day!!

Many Glaciers- Glacier National Park

One of the amazing places to explore at Glacier National Park is the area of Many Glaciers on the East side of the park.

Swiftcurrent Lake greets you at the dock,

but it was a bit windy.

There is boating, exploring, and some pretty intense hikes. We opted for an easier to manage hike and did the 3 miles (roundtrip) to Apikuni Falls.

AK became quite the skilled hiker, and managed the majority on his own.

(By the end of the trip in Glacier, AK was a pro hiker, watch out mountains here we come)!

I of course got packed around. Yeah for me!!

It was a beautiful towering waterfall,

with a just as impressive view when you hike back to the trailhead.

Check it out if you get a chance.

(Mama, I'm a bit squished, help).



Kintla Lake- Glacier National Park

One of our favorite places in Glacier National Park is Kintla Lake. It's located pretty close to the Canadian border, and requires a trip down a long and bumpy dirt road. (If your car, like ours, is not quite use to off roading, it is quite slow going, but very worth it).

There is a very small, lightly developed, campground at the lake.

The lake is absolutely pristine.

We had set up camp for the night and had a nice BBQ dinner,

 when we heard a storm far off in the distance. We decided to batten down the hatches (which means put the rain tarp over the tent- every time we tried to leave it off rain would magically appear) just in case it came our way, and in less than an hour it was upon us. Thunder, lightening, and rain pounded down all around us. The next morning we found out that lightening had struck just outside the rangers cabin, which is just outside the campround. It was awesome, at least that's what Mama and Papa thought as we watched it from the dryness of the tent. JB slept right through it, but I was a bit weary. It didn't last too long, and the next morning the clouds gave way to a beautiful sunrise! 

Plus it's a great place to throw rocks!!

We really didn't want to leave that spot. It is on our must return list, and this time with a paddle boat or kayak, or something to get on that lake. It's too beautiful not too.