Montana ~ Day 5 & 6

Today, I am wrapping up vacation in Montana with days 5 & 6.  It was a little cool to go white water rafting like we had hoped, so we went on a 2 hour horseback trail ride through Glacier National Park.  As we were signing waivers, we saw some friends of ours who use to live in Memphis and now they live in south Montana.  It was so crazy to run into friends there!!  Such a fun surprise though and we were all on the same horseback trail ride together. 

Here we are with our friends and we had ice cream together afterwards.  Actually, Avery and I got the huckleberry milkshake :).

On our way into the park, we went the "back way" through another entrance and stopped for some scenic pictures first. 

There were lots of pretty rocks and we brought some home too. 

This is Avery and the girls photographing a bald eagle. 

USA, Canada, and Montana flags 

I finished up my huckleberry shopping on our last day at The Huckleberry Patch. Go check out this website to learn more about this berry and you can order from there as well. 

From left to right, here are the products we brought home, which are all Huckleberry flavored:

lemonade, muffin mix, fudge, honey, preserves, sucker, dark chocolate, tea, popcorn and pancake mix. 

We stayed at a hotel the last night since we had such an early flight the next morning.  We left our hotel at 4:30am for the airport.

We had a 3 1/2 hour layover in Salt Lake City.  I had my last few Huckleberry jelly beans and gummies while we waited. 

Then, we had some of our Huckleberry fudge on the plane for flight number 2. 

We then had a 4 hour layover in Detroit. 

We watched the sunset and made it home 15 hours later from when we arrived at the airport that morning. 

Thanks for sharing in some pictures of one of the most beautiful states in our country.

Have a great weekend!!!

Montana ~ Day 4

Hi!  So glad to be nearing a weekend again. Today, I am resuming our Montana vacation theme this week and today are highlights from days 4 and 5.

This is where we stayed for our honeymoon.  It is still going strong 20 years later too! 

Me with a mountain goat...we did see some real ones later this day. 

This is the train station at West Glacier where Amtrak arrives daily and this was our mode of transportation 20 years ago. 

We saw a train going by so we took a picture :) 

Brook in front of the train and the mountains 

We drove to East Glacier and stopped at the lodge there for lunch.  We were scheduled to take a red bus tour of the park this day, but the road wasn't plowed completely due to snow, so we drove a different route on our own.

The view, temperature and views were beautiful.

This is my bison burger and tomato soup for lunch.   

Inside the lodge was pretty too 

Later in the day, we stopped for more huckleberry ice cream :) 

Tomorrow, I will end the trip with days 5 & 6.

What's Up Wednesday ~ June Edition

 Today, I am taking a break from vacation to link up with What's Up Wednesday. We are half way through this year!!  It won't be long until cooler temperatures and fall holidays.

What We're Eating This Week............

Monday - out with friends

Tuesday - lasagna

Wednesday - chicken and veggies

Thursday - out with a friend

Friday - date night

What I'm Reminiscing About.............

Cooler temperatures in Montana!

What I'm Loving..............

A break from the school schedule

What We've Been Up To..............

Re adjusting back to life from vacation with work, laundry, and errands

What I'm Dreading............

I've used most of my vacation time this year :(

What I'm Working On............

A few organizing projects at home I hope to do the next few weekends

What I'm Excited About...............

Date night this weekend!

What I'm Watching/Reading...................

We just got cable tv, so we are watching lots of random tv and getting use to our new set up here.

What I'm Listening To.................

Catching up on podcasts from being on vacation

What I'm Wearing.............

Clothes that will keep me cool this hot week!

What I'm Doing This Weekend...........

Date night, hair cut and organizing projects

What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month.............

A few more projects while the girls are busy with some summer travel

What Else Is New..................

We had a face time call this week with our good Colombian friend in Bogota, and it was so encouraging to hear of how he is doing and how the Lord is working in his life and the church there.  It sure made us miss it.  And Colombia plays again in the World Cup tomorrow morning at 9am.  They had a big win last Sunday.

Montana ~ Day 3....A Favorite!!

I am highlighting our vacation to Montana this week, and this day has the most photos, but also the most special to me.

Today started with our official entrance into Glacier National Park.

We started the day by taking the trail to see where we got married.

We got married on Trail of the Cedars.

The original walk we set out on 20 years ago is under some reconstruction, so we entered the trail from a different entrance. 

We made it to the spot where we got married! It was an emotional moment to be back there. 

Here is the same photo split screen with us 20 years ago.

And below is another split screen photo:

Our rings, which are different from the ones we had 20 years ago.

This family photo is super special to me of our family standing on this bridge.

It was hard to stop taking pictures of this beautiful spot. 

But, we finally headed from there on the trail to Avalanche Lake, which took us about 2 hours to hike up and 1 hour to hike down. 

We found the spot above and had our picnic lunch there.  Several people walking by were very interested in our food.  I think we could have sold some snacks!  

We finally made it to the lake. It was beautiful, even in the drizzling rain. 

Tree roots

We saw a lot of marmots on the trip.

We had dinner in the park at a restaurant and then went to catch our boat ride we had reserved in advance.

Looking back from the boat dock to the lodge. 

It was a bit windy and chilly on the water. 

Looking back from the lodge to the boat.  

We took a back road back to our house that night and saw this view.   

This was a great day.