For our first day in the park we figured it was best to get out a stretch our legs a bit. Earlier in the year we started to prepare Lily for longer hikes and this hike was going ot be the real test. The Avalanche Lake hike is about 5 miles round trip and has been the longest hike we have done as a family. The hike starts off on the Trail of the Cedars which take you through…
After our overnight stay at the Butte KOA, we headed out to Glacier National Park. It was just over a 4 hour drive and we had planned to make a stop along the way in Arlee, MT. Whats in Arlee you might ask? Well in researching our route, I found a great little road side attraction called Garden of One Thousand Buddhas and knew we had to stop. The garden was impressive, not so much for the scale of it, but…
For our big trip this year we decided to head to Glacier National Park. In looking at the drive time from Salt Lake City, we were seeing that it was over 10 hours. Given that we are traveling with a 5 year old, we just felt that it was best to break it up into two hops. After a bit of looking we decided to make it into Butte Montana for our overnight and opted to stay at the…
Earlier in the year we were looking for a weekend spot that we could go that we hadn’t been to previously. There are a lot of great Federal and State campgrounds throughout the state so there was no shortage of options. We ended up picking the Green River Campground in Dinosaur National Monument. The campground is located right along the Green River and is tucked away below the main road. Several Cottonwood trees are located throughout the campground offering the…
For my birthday this year I wanted to head up to Wasatch Mountain State park for a long weekend. Truly I wanted to check out Jordanelle State Park but they were still closed, so Wasatch is where we went. Friday night we basically hung around the campground and got things setup. On Saturday we hiked the Pine Creek trail from the campground. This was a new trail for us and a good test of the training hikes/walks we have been…