{"id":17421,"date":"2019-10-19T18:26:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T23:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=17421"},"modified":"2019-10-19T18:44:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T23:44:29","slug":"back-to-the-west-side-of-glacier-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/glacier-2019\/back-to-the-west-side-of-glacier-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the west side of Glacier National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sunday morning, September 15th, we headed back to the west side of the park.  My plan had been to take the Going-to-the-Sun road back across, stopping at Logan Pass to go on one of the must-see hikes, and maybe stop a few other places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but on saturday night Kevin asked, &#8220;are we going to have to go back on that evil road?&#8221;  so i changed plan, and instead we took the much more straightforward route 2 back to the west side of the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> here&#8217;s the road heading south on the east side of the park.   pretty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g100.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g100-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though Route 2 didn&#8217;t have all the breathtaking stops, there were still some good ones.  Here&#8217;s a spot called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmt.com\/listings\/general\/landmark\/goat-lick-overlook.html\">Goat Lick<\/a>; in the spring, goats scrabble around on what appears to be a sheer rock face.  the goats weren&#8217;t around when we stopped, but we did find a fantastic photo of them later on our trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g101.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g101.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g101-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>the railroad bridge &#8211; we&#8217;d been on that bridge just a few days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g102.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g102.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g102-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the cute air b&amp;b we stayed in Hungry Horse, MT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UGSP5ovchIc?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We got there in the early afternoon and it was filled with so many cool things.  this is one of my favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g103.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g103.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g103-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner left us a bottle of wine and a basket of huckleberry candies and tea and stuff.  huckleberries are the thing to get in Montana; there were a couple of huckleberry shops there in Hungry Horse.  we never made it to one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g104.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g104.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g104-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g105-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g105-1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g105-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g106.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g106.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g106-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>instead of hiking, on Sunday afternoon we walked to the grocery store.  we saw this cute white bunny, and saw four of them gathered in a driveway another day.  sure, we have lots of bunnies in our yard, but i don&#8217;t think i&#8217;ve seen a white one around here.  it&#8217;s like a reverse-tuxedo bunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g107.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g107.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g107-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the street that intersected with ours; the river was right on the other side but we couldn&#8217;t find any public place to access it.  didn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g108.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g108.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g108-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we got to the store kevin asked me if there was a grill at our place and i couldn&#8217;t remember even though in retrospect i know i saw it.  instead we got a delicious chicken pot pie for dinner, and afterwards, kevin lit a glorious fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g109.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g109.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g109-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g110.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g110.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g110-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>it was such a lovely evening!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g111.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g111.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g111-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\nwe grilled marshmallows and had some stupendous s&#8217;mores.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g112.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g112.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/g112-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ok then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mrs. october hughes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday morning, September 15th, we headed back to the west side of the park. 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