Day 3

We got a late start this morning due to everyone being exhausted but there was one holdout in particular that delayed our departure. I won't name names but I will leave a small clue:

We made it into Glacier by 10:30am and got a great view of the park as we approached the entrance at St Mary. This was also about 5 mins before Heidi threw up:

We took the Going-To-The-Sun road from St Mary to Logan Pass to do the hike to Hidden Lake but when we arrived the temperature was in the 40s and we were absolutely, not at all suitably dressed. 

This is a good picnic lunch when it's freezing out. It also mixed well with Andrew's new thing where he tells everyone we are homeless* and living in our car:

*this is technically true.

Of course we ended up hiking 2/3 of the Hidden Lake trail anyway because we are crazy. This is Heath climbing up a sheet of icy snow:

And then sliding back down:

And this is Mike with mild hypothermia telling me how awesome he feels and meaning it. Luckily I didn't let him lie down and take a nap.

See I was not lying! And that's the temperature without the wind!

This is on our way to the Loop, Glacier is really stunning even when your hands and face are still numb.

Look how white Mike's knuckles are as he grips Heidi by the edge of the cliff:

This was the closest I could get to a picture of Heath posing, I'll take it.

And this is my attempt at a selfie at the Continental Divide:

We drove back out the park along the same route and got these views:

My favorite part is actually St Mary's lake:

But guess what was my kids favorite part of the day? Yep, the hotel pool. I'll admit the slide is pretty cool:

Off to Helena tomorrow!