When I do a road trip, I don’t like to plan much. This is great most of the time because I have the freedom to do as I please but it gets me in trouble too. On this trip, I’ve had a super tough time finding a camping site. That’s why I only stayed a half day in Yellowstone and it’s why I almost had to find another place to stay the last couple of days in Glacier. Camping is super popular in our National Parks (even one that is so far away from everything…like Glacier). Every site in Glacier was gone by the end of the day. I was lucky to find one of the few remaining sites my first day in the park. I wanted to stay at a different site but it was full when I arrived so I had to camp at a different site. The next day, I decided to go on the opposite side of the park (about a two hour drive) to camp in the site I originally wanted. I got up early but made a pit stop at Logan Pass to photograph wildlife. I got there around 7:30am and hiked a trail behind the Visitor’s Center for a few hours. I got back in my truck around 11am. That’s when checkout time is for all of the campsites in the campground. I had already checked out of my site because I knew I was going to camp on the other side of the park. This was a dumb mistake because once I got to the campground on the other side of the park; I found out that all of the sites were taken. I had to drive the two hours back to my previous campground. When I got back, my site was taken and only four remained. I was able to get a site but this time I decided to reserve it for several days and just stay on this side of the park.
Here are a few of my favorites from my four days in Glacier. I took over 2000 images while I was there so I’m sure I’ll post some more in my final post next week.
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