Glacier National Park

For 4th of July weekend, we went to Glacier National Park. It is an incredibly beautiful place, and I got to go on my first backcountry camping trip since I was 13. We went on a 4 mile hike to Avalanche Lake, which is a beautiful lake created by an avalanche, and has all these pretty waterfalls on the trail up to it, and falling into the lake from above.

A really pretty waterfall from the river flowing from Avalanche lake that you see on the trail

Avalanche lake and the waterfalls! We walked into the lake and it was very cold...well, my friends thought it was cold (but nothing compared to antarctica). The water is really pure because it comes from glaciers

After our hike to and from the lake, we started on our backcountry trip. We hiked 5 miles into our campsite that was on Lake McDonald. Our site was right on the lake and it was gorgeous!

The view in the morning from our camping site.

The next day we hiked the 5 miles out...which went quicker then the five miles in, but we were much more tired at the end.

At the end of the trail. We made it!!

Here are some more random pictures of our trip...

Heading into the wild!

Getting ready to leave the campsite

Hanging out at Lake McDonald