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June 26, 2014
The weather has turned against us. As we gathered things up to load the car, the first drops fell on us. As we drove away from Havre, MT, and the little Hi-Line Motel, we tuned into the radio weather report. A week of wet weather is coming, only 20% rain is predicted most days, but it will be accompanied by thunder and lightening, hail, and wind gusts up to 35 mph. We like the 20%. We don't like the rest of the forecast. We also failed to bring our bear spray, which can be an important item of protection in Glacier NP. Unfortunately it costs $40 per can ($44 in the Park). The choice is to find short hikes that won't include bears. The rangers can help us. More peocple, shorter hikes, closer to tourists, all should help. We'll head for Glacier.
Arrived at Glacier NP about 2 pm. Park Headquarters had films describing the Park, plus displays of interesting background, historical, geological, and biological. They have a display of mountain peaks with little lights representing glaciers that were present in 1850, and when they melted out. They predict that the Park's glaciers will be gone by 2030. Decided to stay at KOA. We liked their cabins and the hot tub and swimming pool. We took #13, settled in, soaked in the hot tub and chatted with a mother and daughter from Hawaii. The daughter is attending school at a fashion design college in New York. They rented an RV in Hawaii and headed north, then west. They'll be heading north to Canada soon. Jim and I returned to the cabin to have dinner and work on computers.
June 27, 2014
Arose at KOA, breakfasted and packed up to go on a hike. Frittered away a lot of time. Finally left about 11:00 and headed back into the park to camp at Many Glacier. We set up the tent at Swift Current CG to stay for one night, but might stay longer. Starting to rain. Jim wanted to read and take a nap. Dianne worked on Vermont Diary while rain showers came and went. We finally got organized to take a hike up to Swiftwater Pass to see the Red Rock Falls. Within a half mile, the rain started. Luckily we took umbrellas. The wind challenged the umbrellas. Occasionally the rain tapered off, but the trail was well-filled with customers. Rangers had led a trip up to the falls. We met many of those hikers as they returned. They encouraged us to go all the way to the falls, so we did. The water was quite beautiful as it crashed down the rocky stair steps.
It was dinnertime as we finished the hike, so we stopped at Swiftwater Inn for dinner: we enjoyed the steak; the mashed potatoes were very generously served; the carrots were crunchy and also a generous serving. We prepped for bed and crawled into the tent about 8:30 pm. The rain had stalled, and we were asleep by 9 pm.
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