Glacier National Park, Montana
July 18 - 26
Welp, we did a lot of research for this trip, including ensuring the dogs had the proper paperwork to cross the border to Canada, and back into the U.S. We entered Canada completely uneventfully - they did not even check our carefully-prepared dog paperwork. Unfortunately we did not so much research going back into the U.S. In short, once again we were dumb. We completely missed the sign that advised us to declare all produce, food, wood, etc. Happily we were assisted by a very kind border agent, Officer Chin. She calmly asked us what all we were bringing across the border that might be of concern. Here's a short list
- frozen bacon
- eggs
- frozen ground pork
- apples
- avocado
- tomatoes
- Sue's beloved herb garden!
- firewood
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| Thanks, Officer Chin! |
She confiscated all of this except the firewood which she directed us to cross the border back into Canada to dispose of! Also we had not filled our the proper forms for the dogs! Sue quickly downloaded and emailed the forms to the proper place but when we reentered the U.S., no one even seemed to care. Lesson learned! The hard way! Officer Chin was amazing though -- she cut down my herbs, packaged them in paper, and returned them to me in their planter which she had washed! Gone of course were there roots but we had some herbs to use for the next couple of days until we replaced the plants.
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| Sue's favorite instrument! |
Anyway, we eventually made it through and went about 5 miles into the US to stop for the night as it was a bit too far to do in one go. The next day we continued on to West Glacier, Montana, which is about 1 mile from the entrance to the park. The RV park was very nice with grassy sites and a bike lane to the town.
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| Do I need to catch up on my roots!?!? |
We took the bikes on the border trail until we saw the bear signs. These were the most serious signs we came across so we turned around and headed back. Glacier National Park contains a long drive through a glacier cut canyon. Very pretty but a lot like the Banff canyon.
We took the 4 hour drive and saw some goats and glaciers is the distance. Very pretty but unless you are going to hike one of the many trails, not great. We had the dogs so were limited to paved trails. The Visitor Center was more of a store for national park merch.
We decided to do a white water rafting excursion. It was only a 3 hour tour, (a three hour tour). The first part was a leisurely float with the second half picking up to class 2 and 3 rapids. No one from our boat fell out but we all got a bit wet.
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| Sue got out for a brief swim (water cold!) |
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| Flathead River |
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| Klaus chastising us for not filling out dog forms. |
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| Klaus driving the getaway bus |
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Murray prepping to go back to Canada
to avoid Trump's awful policies |
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| Huckleberries abound in the park |
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Typical dramatic sky
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| Embroidery update! |
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| Finally giving up on this recipe |
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| We had a super nice spot with a firering! |
Welp, we did a lot of research for this trip, including ensuring the dogs had the proper paperwork to cross the border to Canada, and back into the U.S. We entered Canada completely uneventfully - they did not even check our carefully-prepared dog paperwork. Unfortunately we did not so much research going back into the U.S. In short, once again we were dumb. We completely missed the sign that advised us to declare all produce, food, wood, etc. Happily we were assisted by a very kind border agent, Officer Chin. She calmly asked us what all we were bringing across the border that might be of concern. Here's a short list
She confiscated all of this except the firewood which she directed us to cross the border back into Canada to dispose of! Also we had not filled our the proper forms for the dogs! Sue quickly downloaded and emailed the forms to the proper place but when we reentered the U.S., no one even seemed to care. Lesson learned! The hard way! Officer Chin was amazing though -- she cut down my herbs, packaged them in paper, and returned them to me in their planter which she had washed! Gone of course were there roots but we had some herbs to use for the next couple of days until we replaced the plants. 
We took the bikes on the border trail until we saw the bear signs. These were the most serious signs we came across so we turned around and headed back. Glacier National Park contains a long drive through a glacier cut canyon. Very pretty but a lot like the Banff canyon. 
We took the 4 hour drive and saw some goats and glaciers is the distance. Very pretty but unless you are going to hike one of the many trails, not great. We had the dogs so were limited to paved trails. The Visitor Center was more of a store for national park merch. 
We decided to do a white water rafting excursion. It was only a 3 hour tour, (a three hour tour). The first part was a leisurely float with the second half picking up to class 2 and 3 rapids. No one from our boat fell out but we all got a bit wet.
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