Day 8

Day 8

Sometime during the night it rained, but when we woke up the sky didn’t look too bad. But it was on and off raining by the time we got over to the river rafting headquarters. No worries, we’d be getting wet anyway, right?

Wearing our sexy ‘splash jackets’ and booties issued by the rafting company, we put in at Moccasin creek with 8 other people and nick, our friendly/cocky guide. I shouldn’t say that, it sounds mean. He was a very experienced guide and kept us all safe. He just wanted to tell us story after story that proved that point. But the trip was great, lots of fun, lots of getting soaked both by rapids and by rain. Fun times.

Afterwards we went to the glacier camp ground to take showers, which we needed REALLY bad. Then i spent the afternoon looking for a glacier sweatshirt which was partly because it’s just about the coolest place ever and partly because somehow i packed no hooded sweatshirts, and was being rained on all day.

We had a delicious dinner at the Lake MacDonald Lodge, which is beautifully though eerily decorated with hunting trophies of all the protected animals in the park, apparently from mr. MacDonald’s collection from before it became a national park. Kinda weird anyway though, right? jeff almost ordered the buffalo burger and i almost ordered the wild game fettuccini alfredo (duck, venison and some other adorable animal i can’t remember) but we both chickened out and got more mainstream meals, which were delicious.

In the evening, our last evening in glacier, the rain let up and we walked the trail of the cedars, which is a beautiful walk through a sort of rainforesty area. This walk is definitely built for non-hikers, it’s handicap-accessible, it’s less than a mile around and there’s a bathroom on the way. But it was extremely beautiful, and i think it’s really cool that they want everyone to be able to enjoy the park from OUTSIDE their cars, even for just a short walk. It was a great end to a great stay in glacier.

-em.