Day 5

one of the most interesting things about traveling after labor day is the number of old people who are vacationing. old people are very interesting, I've discovered.

since my daughter is the cutest kid on the planet (totally impartial), she's an interesting gauge to use to see that some old people love kids (and life in general) while others despise children (and life in general it seems.)

also interesting is that according to our first night at many glaciers hotel and it's thin walls, they only need about 2 hrs of sleep, but that 2 hrs is filled with the most violent snoring and sinus activity known in the universe.

at 5 am our two elderly neighbors decided they had enough sleep and decided to begin talking loudly about whatever crossed their minds. i wanted to walk next door and let them know that after listening to the snoring, the last thing i needed was their commentary on season 5 of matlock, but instead, i simply knocked hard on the wall.

now, i was not aware that local contractors in the 30's used ground eggshell and the softer bits of clouds when making these walls and upon waking up that morning, i found this:

is it a felony to damage a national landmark?

we spent the day in and around many glaciers, where ava had another horseback ride, a boat ride, and a few hikes. we saw mountain goats and a grizzly on the hill high above.

neat stuff.

day 6

we decided to head south to east glacier and two medicine (cortney is reading a book based in this area.) we travelled south through the Blackfeet reservation. much has been written about these reservation areas, so i'll simply say, it's kind of depressing, and leave it at that.

we walked through east glacier lodge, which was beautiful and then entered the park to travel up to two medicine. there was some construction work taking place and we had to stop and wait. i asked how long. "10 minutes" the man croaked... 20 minutes later i went back up..."how long" i asked "10 minutes" he croaked. well, i know this game, so we turned around to drive back and hit one of the few mex restaraunts in the area.... closed... this is not our day.

so we drive back to many glaciers and ava is in rare form. i might mention with the laptop failures, we purchased a portable dvd player. it broke the second day... yup, the fates are laughing at us.

for dinner we went to the cattle baron supper club for steaks. i ordered the ribeye. it was 28 ounces. i finished 20 of them. dustin howell will laugh at me for a long time to come.

Day 6

this morning we woke up and packed and drove north to make out way to canda. along the way, i had the only espresso i have ever tasted that was brewed from yuban. truly amazing.

the scenery along the way was amazing. no problems crossing the border and on our way in to waterton, we saw a black bear and her cub. ava was very excited as she has spent the last few days with a toy version, and he has been her inseparable buddy though these dvd-free days.

this is the hotel we will be staying at for the next two nights.

since we're in canda, i will be heading to a bar tonight, for some whiskey and a cuban cigar.

i will post more pics after we get home on friday... take care!