Today was another wonderful day in GNP, and the weather didn't let us down. They had predicted rain this afternoon, but it didn't materialize. We went to the northern section of GNP to Many Glaciers, and it is much quieter with less people, and more wildlife. As we approached the hotel area, we knew there was something worth stopping for, with all the cars parked alongside the road. They had sighted a bear on the side of the mountain and everyone thought it was a Grizzly. We moved a short distance from there, and we stopped again to see a mother black bear and two cubs. We proceeded about a half mile and parked our vehicle to hike the Grinnell Lake and Glacier Trail. We are in bear country, but it didn't seem to worry us any. Jim carries bear spray, but we just aren't fearing the bears enough not to hike. The trails aren't as populated as they are on the Road to the Sun trails, but we liked this one better, as it was not the boardwalks that we hiked yesterday, rather it was just a well traveled earth trail with lots of thickets! It was a 5.6 mile round trip hike back to the Grinnell Lake and Glacier and it was beautiful. We had a footbridge to cross, which was fun to try to balance on that, and they had a nice falls area to view. We met several other very friendly people on the trail, so it wasn't that we were out there alone. We sighted seven Mountain Goats today but they were pretty far away for a decent picture, and we understand there are moose in this area, but we didn't see any. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rainy day, so we'll go to the visitor center and soak up all that information, plus "things we should know before we hike in GP". If it looks nice, we'll hit another trail. We did stop at Two Sisters Cafe coming out of Babb, MT, on the recommendation of Jeanie and Nick and Tom and Karen, our hiking friends in AZ. They said the pie was SO good. We decided to eat there, and we were so full that we couldn't eat pie, so we brought ours home! That works for me.
Black Bear and two cubs
Dock on our trail to Grinnell Lake
View across the lake of Many Glaciers Hotel
Grinnell Lake and Glacier
View from our hiking trail
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