Last year's anniversary in Jerusalem is impossible to top, but our get away to Glacier National Park this year was a taste of heaven. Max was at the Regional Priesthood Encampment for the week and Tony had a couple of days off so we escaped!
We started our morning at the temple and were pleased to be the witness couple. After a quick lunch we drove North through the beautiful mountains of British Columbia. Our favorite town was Fernie, where we stopped for a beautiful hike. For dinner, we had our first Puteine, a Canadian staple of fries, cheese curds and gravy. We checked into our hotel in Pincher Creek and thought we would catch a movie. We were sorely disappointed with "Mama Mia" and walked out halfway through. When we got back to the hotel we couldn't find our toiletry bag and headed back to 7-11 for toothbrushes and deodorant. Normally this would have ticked us off, but in lovely Alberta, with the mountains all around us and no kids, a 20 dollar toothbrush was just funny.
The next morning we grabbed breakfast in the beautiful lakeside village of Waterton. We took a beautiful hike in Waterton National forest, the Canadian side of Glacier. We were impressed with how clean and tidy Canada is. No trash, great facilities, fewer lines. After a quick lunch and ice cream cone at the border (delicious), we entered Glacier National park and drove on Going to the sun road. It was spectacular. We stopped at least three times for various hikes and were rewarded with views of mountain goats, Big Horn sheep and a tiny dot reported to be a bear. The driving was a s beautiful as the scenery and we had a wonderful book to listen to the whole way entitled, "Life is So Good." AS the sun went down we headed out of the park and checked into our hotel in Kalispell. Dinner was a grave disappointment, and so we had to console ourselves with fries and hot fudge sundaes at McDonalds. We went back to the hotel where we watched documentaries on the places we had just seen. I was especially interested in the
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