June 24 – Northern Tier- Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park- day off!

Today we had off! What a wonderful place to be Glacier. This morning we took a ranger hike up to Avalanche Lake following the creamy blue glacier Avalanche River. The lake has been formed by steep canyons that had avalanches into the lake almost every year. There is snow at the top of the 8000 foot mountains and they create beautiful waterfalls. It is quite serene .  In the afternoon we rented an aluminum boat and traveled around the perimeter of Lake McDonald viewing beautiful more beautiful mountains and their reflections in the lake. To top off the night we went to a program about the building of the Road to the Sun road. Tomorrow we bike it!

Avalanche Lake

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