We slept in a little and relaxed all morning today. I spent some time uploading my pictures off of my camera, so that I could have room on the camera to take more pictures. Around 2:00 pm, we went to Two Medicine Lake in east Glacier.
We had a lot of fun playing at Two Medicine Lake. It was really different to see this side of Glacier National Park. It is a lot different than the other side. We are the minority on this side. There is an Indian Reservation by this side of the park. We decided to head back to Grandma's so we would get back before dark and be able to watch some fire works. As we were heading out, we saw an entrance for a hike. We couldn't resist stopping. So, we stopped and went on this short hike to a waterfall. It was so pretty. I'm glad we went.
After the hike and on our way out of Glacier, we stopped to get some ice cream. We figured we had taken too long on the hike and we probably wouldn't get to see a firework show, since we wouldn't get back in time. So, we relaxed and enjoyed our ice cream. while we sat eating our ice cream, some people across the street in an RV park, started lighting some small fireworks, so we felt like.... at least we got to enjoy that and see some fireworks.... and it was nice to be sitting, relaxing, and eating ice cream while we watched their small firework display. So, we left, feeling like, we had a pretty good 4th of July... We had a fun day playing at a lake, got to go on a hike that we all really enjoyed, then we got to eat ice cream and watch some fireworks go off.
Anyway... so we finished our ice cream and headed back to Grandma's house. We hadn't driven too far, when we started seeing some of the fun big, illegal in Utah, fireworks. I asked Roger to find a place to pull over. We found a good spot to pull off the road. It was like we had our own private fire work show. Alissa, Brinley, and Roger went out and sat in the back of the truck. I stayed in the truck with Parker (he was really tired and we could see the fireworks just fine from the truck). There was a hill in front of us. It was covered in big tall pine trees. It seemed like the people lighting them were just up on the hill a little ways. We just had the perfect view of all their fire works. My favorite part about it was getting to see the silhouette of the pine trees along with the beautiful fire works. We loved that fire work display. when they were finished with their fireworks, we climbed back in the truck and started to drive again. we were talking about what a perfect day it had been. We got to watch two fire work displays, but the second one was the best ever! We were just feeling really blessed and we thought it couldn't get any better than this. then we continued on down the road. Surprisingly, it got better! We had to drive through Hungry Horse, where everybody in the town had congregated out to the main road through town, to party and light off their fireworks. We felt like we were driving in a parade and that was different for us. But it was an awesome experience. The big, illegal in Utah, fireworks were going off all around us. There were so many fireworks going off every where. It was just an atmosphere and excitement that I had never experienced before. I thought it was so fun. We wanted to pull over and enjoy all the fun, but there was no place to park until you got out of town, then you'd have to walk back and we didn't think our tired kids would want to do that. We thought the Hungry Horse experience was the best ever! If we are in Montana over the 4th of July again, we know exactly where to go. Being in Montana over the 4th was very different than being in Utah. Everybody had the big really nice in the air fireworks (the professional kind - not the dinky ones that were recently made legal here in Utah), so they are going off all around you and it is so fun, exciting, and pretty. The best 4th of July ever! Besides the very first 4th of July that Roger and I spent together - I will always look back fondly on that one too.
Friday - July 5, 2013
We drove home today. Driving home is my least favorite part of any vacation. We passed a lot of these really beautiful bright yellow fields. I love how pretty they are, so I had to stop and take a picture.
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