Days 18, 19,& 20 Glacier and Yellowstone N.P.

Day 18
of Road trip part 2
Glacier National Park

We all squeezed into the back of the tour bus and went up....
Glacier National park is also known as the Shining Mountains and the Backbone of the World...

It's located along the spine of the Rocky Mountains in Montana.

I set the camera up on a little tree stump, jumped the chain and said, "cheese."

We got some hiking in....

We stopped to say hi to some wildlife...

This little guy would just stare at us...

Glacier is one of the largest National Parks in the lower 48 states.

And one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen!
I took this picture out the bus window...
(these pictures don't do it justice)

Breathtaking views!

Snow on a hot day....

We spent about 7 hours hiking and learning...I wish we would of spent a couple more days there!
We did do a lot in one day though! The kids completed their Jr. Ranger books and added another badge to their road jackets.

After a very long day the bus dropped us off at the RV and we made dinner in the parking lot.
Daddy started driving while I cleaned up dinner.
Then we drove through a little town that had a Finley Creek, a Finley Park and a Finley Point Rd.
So Finley just had to pose in front of the sign:)

We saw the most beautiful sunsets....


Big open sky!

I snapped these all hanging out the RV window while we drove down the highway...
We finally got out and all just sat on the side railings looking at the sky in awe!

This song came to my mind....
We had such a wonderful day seeing some of God's most beautiful creations. From glaciers to sunsets.



Daddy drove pretty late into the night. The kids ditched showers, they were just too tired. We did break out the Camping Survival Kit and use our Bath Wet Wipes.
We pulled in late to Wally World and I took a quick shower, although after a long day I really wanted to be selfish and waste all the water by taking a long hot shower!
But I didn't, I knew we needed water for the next day.

Days 19 & 20
We woke up early, stopped to see some wildlife and talk to some bikers on our way to Yellowstone...

Here we are!
Visiting a very active volcano!

Almost everything that is special in Yellowstone is the result of being one of the world’s largest active volcanoes...

Before visiting we read up on Yellowstone, including this article.

The kids kept looking out the windows at all the wildlife.....

Landen loved the Bison.

Amazing hot pools...

paint pots bubbling...(almost looked fake)

Old Faithful!

Again we were in awe of God's amazing work.

We spent 2 days enjoying the park....

As we were leaving a herd of buffalo crossed in front of us...

and these two wouldn't let us through! ha!
Maggie was going crazy barking at all of them. The kids were yelling out the windows at them and Daddy honked the loud horn..not a budge!

They finally moved...

We didn't see any Bears or Moose...but there was a bear attack pretty close to where we were staying!
So sad!

On the last day our slides broke and wouldn't come in so Daddy had to try and fix them which put us back awhile. The kids missed their Jr. Ranger lecture but the Ranger was nice enough to give the kids a private lesson 30 min lesson.

They got another badge....

Then we were on our way up Hwy 212....elevation 10,940ft!

We watched the sunset and drove late into the night....

When the sun went down it started raining...
We witnessed the most amazing lightning that night!
We are on day 25 now( in Nebraska)....I can't wait to catch up and show you more!