Another-worldly destination

Nothing can prepare you for majestic, unbelievable views of Glacier National Park!
I have traveled around Europe and the States a fair bit and have seen a good share of beautiful views and wonderful places, but GNP holds a special place in my heart. You pass through an entrance gate to the park and you step into the nature embrace, it happens magically.

Lake Mcdonald was one of the first wonders that we saw. Can you tell how excited I was to step out of the car and walk around after a a pretty long 10 hour drive from Portland airport?

Can you also tell how nice and blue the sky was? This was one and the only evening that we saw blue skies in the park. We traveled over the Labor Day weekend and didn't expect it would be that cold and rainy there. Oh! And there was some snow too, it made it for quite treacherous conditions to hike up to the mountain lake, but we persevered! 

Having complained about the weather once, I will not do it anymore, because even the coldness, bad road conditions, wind and rain could not prevent me from falling in love with this park, the people we met and breathtaking nature we encountered. 

The wild nature is very close to the visitors in the park. If you are not prepared to come face to face with a grizzly bear, I would highly recommend getting on a hike/walk/tour with a park ranger and walking around in a big group. We stopped once just off the road to take pictures and there was a bear in the bushes 10 feet away. I absolutely loved "meeting" him, but what I loved even more is that the car was just behind us and we could always just jump into it and drive away. 

Since the park is called Glacier, we did see a Glacier, which is in the background in the mist of this picture with unbelievably blue lake water!

 

Friendly people, breathtaking views and gorgeous nature is something that I took away from this trip, and something that is calling me back to wild and beautiful Montana.