Lynnette's News

Our Vacation to Glacier National Park

We returned home from Montana on Monday June 27th.  It was Steve's 63rd birthday on that day, and even though it was spent on the road, our trip to Glacier made up for it and then some. We spent 2 nights on route to Montana and arrived on Monday June 20th where we met up with my sister Kristen and her husband Steve. From there we spent 4 nights in Columbia Falls which is about 20 minutes from the national park. We had so much fun and found the sights to be indescribable!  A big highlight for us was spotting a young black bear, but our tour bus frightened him and we were unable to get a picture before he ran off into the woods. We now realize why people call Montana the "big sky" state. I think my pictures will explain an outstanding and very beautiful vacation. We hope to get back there some day as we were unable to take the "road to the sun" which is Logan's Pass ........unfortunately there was still snow at the peak and it was impassible at the upper elevation while we were there. The park folks informed us that you can travel the pass from July through September, so maybe next time.

 
Lake MacDonald

 

 
Steve & Kristen in front of our "Red Bus" tour. A must at Glacier Park.

 
Kristen & I at the river overlook. It looked very cold.

 
Columbia Rv Park, Kristen & Steve on the left and us on the right.

 
Stunning view of Lake MacDonald

All in all our vacation was a once in a lifetime treasure. For those of you who haven't been there, please make the effort if you can. I think it is one of the most beautiful national parks, although there are many in the U.S. that we have not visited yet. Notice I said "yet".

Another Family Graduation

Kristen and Steve traveled from their home in Wenatchee to Grants Pass last week to attend Taylor's high school graduation. Taylor is Craig's daughter and will be attending college in the fall. They are very proud of her.

 
On Friday morning they headed up our way in Vancouver and spent the weekend with us for our annual garage sale. They are always a ton of help and brought a few treasures of their own to sell. It was a success and as always a lot of fun. Kristen and I played bingo Saturday night and had zero luck but had lots of laughs as we always do! They left on Sunday morning and traveled home via the Columbia River Gorge where Steve took these amazing photos of the Multnomah Falls.

 

 Steve Hiett told us that he had just re-familiarized himself with his camera and his new expertise really shows in these pictures. Thank you Steve! We will be leaving next Saturday in our motor home en route to Glacier National Park in Montana and plan to arrive there on Monday the 20th. We will meet up with Kristen and Steve in Columbia Falls and spend 4 days sightseeing and just having fun together. This is why we have been waiting for Steve H. to retire completely........one of many more adventures for the four of us to enjoy in the future. I'm sure we will have many beautiful pictures to share when we return.