st. mary's lake

today we took a short drive from our campsite to st. mary's lake.  glacier is a beautiful place everywhere you look.  while we waited for our boat time, some people hiked partway around the lake.  these lucky folks saw a mama moose and her baby.

this is a view from our boat looking up at one of the many glaciers found in the park.  we rode our boat to the other end of the lake and then got out for a short .2 mile hike to another lake...

 ...where we got out and hiked .9 miles to yet another beautiful lake.  the monkeys in my family had a great time goofing around on the hike.  they even had a chance for a snowball fight.  i'm glad we made so much noise because it's never a good idea to startle a grizzley bear. 

this is the third lake of the trio.  we stayed and enjoyed the view for a few minutes and then headed back.  some of us dipped body parts in the water, but didn't last long because it was freezing.

on the way back to the lodge in the boat, we saw a group of hikers running on this hillside.  we took our boat closer and they told us they had been chased by a grizzley bear.  one girl had twisted her ankle and needed a ride back.  i would saw a twisted ankle is lucky considering the other outcomes.

back at camp, we had dutch oven pizza and played games.  out of nowhere, fireworks started and we enjoyed them from our campsite.