Location: Glacier National Park, MT
We slept in this morning, finally getting our lazy bones out of bed around 8:30ish. Perhaps it was staying up til around 2 am or so, chatting away, that contributed to our laid back morning. We sure took our time having coffee at the campsite enjoying the beautiful view. Even tho the weather was about 10 degrees warmer this morning, the skies were cloudy and overcast. After a while we noticed a very gentle rain falling on the lake. Fortunately, we were under enough tree cover that we could continue to sit outside and enjoy the raindrops dancing on the lake. Eventually we got motivated, and after a much needed shower, (yes our first in a couple of days) we got around to exploring more of the park. By exploring I mean poking around the various gift shops in Apgar Village and West Glacier, visiting Lake MacDonald Lodge again, and taking a short walk to MacDonald Falls. I had to buy a new camera this morning (yeah, killed my other one by dropping it - ouch!) and we had a good time visiting with the owner of the local camera shop. I was excited about testing out the new camera so a lot of our day was spent was going on a photo safari. By early evening we were ready to have a night "at home". I spent the time playing around with some new photo apps and Lisa spent the time reading. If we can get our act together we are planning on attending the ranger talk at 8 tonight. There is one ongoing little side story that might be fun to share. The first day we were here we got a violation from the campground host for leaving our bbq grill on the picnic table while we were gone. He also confiscated it. Lisa and I thought we were being really meticulous about keeping the appropriate things put away. Who knew an empty bbq grill was not allowed? So, last night after fixing a really late dinner (bbq ribeye steaks) we made sure to put everything away and thought since our campsite wasn't vacated, it was okay to leave the bbq grill out while we went to bed. Also, the coals were still pretty hot so we thought it best to let them cool before touching the grill. Well, imagine our surprise when we woke up this morning and saw we had received another "food citation" and once again the bbq grill was confiscated! Okay, lesson learned! We were very diligent about making sure the bbq was put in the Eurovan before we took off this morning and seriously thought about leaving the campground host a plate of mini donuts on the picnic table with the note that said, "Sorry about leaving the bbq grill out. Please have some donuts on us." I wonder if we would have received another violation and the donuts confiscated - ha.
