Glacier Nat'l Park West - Hungry Horse, MT

We landed at Mountain Meadows Campground in Hungry Horse, MT.  Very nice, clean and well maintained!  Full hookups, wifi and some very spacious pull-thru sites:

The West side of Glacier is more built up and commercialized than the East side.  There are way too many tourist here now!  Everyone seems to be in a huge hurry to get through the park - I don't get it!  Our 1st day we didn't spot any wildlife but the scenery was beautiful:

Lake MacDonald

Avalanche creek runs along side much of the road:

Unfortunately the "Road to the Sun" is not open due to 25' of snow still to be cleared near the top.  We were allowed to park at Avalanche and then ride bikes for a few miles further:

The west side road is narrow with few spots to pull over so if you are lucky enough to spot wildlife, take your pictures and move on.  We only saw this yearling cub on the roadside with no momma bear in sight:

We decided to drive over to the east side 1 day (about 95 miles).  The wild flowers are in bloom and they are beautiful:

It was very windy the day we drove to the east side:

On our way into the park we spotted this black bear and cub:

We drove to the road block at Jackson Glacier overlook and then biked/walked (steep climb) to Siyeh Bend:

Going back down was much easier:

We stopped and hiked St Mary Falls trail on our way out:

This is a great hike with cool waterfalls around every corner:

We spotted these ferocious beast on this hike:

Just for you Greg!

We were lucky enough to spot the same black bear and cub on our way out too:

The cub seemed more interested in playing rather than eating.  Peek a boo, we see you:

We also drove the Many Glacier entrance to the park while on the east side.  This grizzly welcomed us just past the ranger station:

Suze spotted an ad for a horseshoe tourney at Southfork Saloon in Martin City next door to our camp-we had to go!  Fun bar, newly built pits, great people, good times had by all:

Yes that's a PBR I'm drinking - good stuff cheap!

and crawling their way back from a 1st round elimination to take the championship:

John may not have been the best at shoes but he makes some really cool log/antler mugs (he is holding one)!!!  Check him out at:  www.silveroakfurniture.com  We wish you all the best John!

Feeling good now, I was giving advice on how to throw shoes to Betty who sometimes held on a little too long which meant the horseshoe could end up anywhere:

Don't forget to let it go Betty!

She returned the favor by giving dance lessons later that night:

We had a great time hanging with the whole gang from Southfork Saloon!  In general there's more going on over here on the west side but we liked the east side better for animal viewing.  We're headed to Yellowstone & Grand Teton next.  More to come .  .  .