Monday, July 06, 2015
Roughing it
From Mommy -
So we are here in beautiful Glacier National Park. Our favorite out of the 4 we have seen so far.
Kootenay NP had its own charm but we pretty much went there to take a dip in the thermal hot spa there (which was amazing).
Jasper and Banff, the most well know NP's here were beautiful and fun but different than we expected.
Who knew there were booming small towns in both. We spent more time in the towns than hiking around.
But they did have wonderful lakes and views that we visited. There were bus loads of tourists in most spots too.
But now we are in quiet Glacier. We are "roughing it" because we don't have any hook ups here so in RV terms that means no electric and no water.
Our wooded spot backs up to a river that's fed from the glacier. It's amazing to drink the running water straight from a waterfall off the glacier!
We've really enjoyed sitting around the fire each night and thank gd there's a cool mountain breeze so the no AC hasn't been a problem.
The boys are loving the simple campground without any playgrounds and mini golf that we are used to.
Each night here there's a little activity and tonight Ri and I tried out geocaching. It was super fun - kind of like the amazing race but in the woods with a small GPS system.
I'm excited to have my coffee tomorrow without using a fire for hot water and for a hot shower but I'm definitely sad to leave here.
We are headed to a small town called Revelstoke and don't really know what to expect.
We realized we are 2 weeks into the trip and are trying to map out our route back to Vancouver from here.
It's been nice to be here for two nights but back on the road we go!
