Bowman Camps at Many Glacier

When we moved the pop-up and the rest of our camping gear from Two Medicine to Many Glacier, I started to learn how to really enjoy camping.  It seems the key is to work hard at making fires, grilling good food, hiking and fishing and then to really feel you've earned those campchair moments and mid-day naps.  Those Carlsons sure do tire me out!  I had fun borrowing Gramps's chair and took opportunities to fall asleep while hiking with Gramps and Nana.

I didn't sleep through all the fun, though.  I enjoyed throwing rocks in Red Rock Lake, picnicking between the pond in the next picture and still-frozen Iceberg Lake, and the other epic hike I'll have to tell you about in the next post.  For now, please notice a few aspects of the picture below.  First, look behind Dad and me to the left.  Do you see that snowy, tree-dotted area just behind the pond?

Well, that's where we saw this mama bear and her three cubs halfway through our lunch!  You'll have to look closely in the next picture, but they are there, and they looked a lot bigger when I was watching them from just across the pond.  Just pretend it's like a Where's Waldo game, only the target is potentially more dangerous.

Now, go back and look at the picture of Dad and me.  The mountain on the far right is Mount Henkel.  The day after our Iceberg Lake hike with Nana and Gramps, Mom and Dad ditched the rest of us and climbed that mountain.  (Don't worry, Nana and Gramps still took me to see a pretty cool waterfall, and I think eating Oreos with them is quite a treat.)  It was a cloudy day, but that makes the pictures they did get as the wind blew clouds around the peak even cooler.  There's just so much to do and see in that Many Glacier valley.