Glacier National Park, Montana

We spent the entire day in Glacier National Park! We woke up super early...again... and left for the park. The biggest hike we were going to do that day was to a lake called Avalanche Lake. It was a steep 4 mile hike, 2 there and 2 back. It was a beautiful hike up with a raging river right next to us. It was so full that it was really close to spilling onto the trail. My parents said that if you slipped in, you would be dead. Everyone there was saying that the river was at least twice as high as it usually is. Still really pretty though! About a mile in...me, my mom, and Reede were walking way in front of my dad and Beck and this couple passes us and about 10 seconds later they start yelling, "Bear! Leave! Go!" Just shouting really loud and when we turned around there was another black bear coming up the trail following us. He was maybe 10 yards away and obviously way too close. They must have scared it though and it went up the mountain..we ended up seeing it again later. But it seems black bears have a thing for Shadbournes. (: Anyways, the view from the lake was breathtaking. There were mountains surrounding it with 3 waterfalls leading into it, all being fed by the glaciers on the mountains. It was SO pretty. We took a few pictures and relaxed for a few minutes and then looked up and realized Beck had taken off down the other side of the lake. So my dad followed and the rest of us just hung out.... for 2 hours! Apparently my dad had a hard time getting Beck back (: Once they finally returned, we headed back down the trail and walked back to our car for a picnic. Then we took a shuttle bus up to Logan Pass and took a few pictures. Beck and Dad took the shuttle back down so he could nap, and me, Reede, and Mom hiked for about 40 minutes. We met them back down at Lake McDonald and went out to dinner. After that we went on a short one mile hike to Lake Johns and then finally headed back to our hotel. Overall, Glacier was amazing and we barely touched it. Tonight, everyone is reaaallyyy tired! But this was our last major stop before the cruise! Tomorrow we're heading for Couer d' alene, Idaho and then the next day is Seattle! SUPER EXCITED (: