Knowing that I had three weeks free from being on call, Amber and I made plans to enjoy our weekends before mid-July when the risk of fire starts going up. I had been able to snag some last minute reservations in some campgrounds. I couldn't have gotten luckier. For our first free weekend, we were going to be staying at the Fish Creek Campground, in Glacier N.P.
We were up early Saturday morning to make it to the Lake MacDonald Lodge restaurant. One of Amber's birthday gifts was a meal at the lodge, so we stopped by for breakfast. Then we set out driving Going to the Sun Road, for our first time this year. We didn't care about stopping at Logan Pass, though. We continued down the East side until we found a parking spot to get us on the trail to Virginia Falls. Altogether, it was about 4 miles round trip.
After our nice hike we exited Saint Mary, and drove south. I wanted to check out the Cut Bank entrance of Glacier. It's accessed via a small gravel road. It ends at a small trail head parking and a primitive campground. It's definitely on my list of places I want to camp.
There were still a couple open campsites, but nowhere to park at the trail head. So we turned around and headed out, going back into the park at Saint Mary, driving across Logan Pass again, and made it to Apgar. From there it was a quick jaunt to the other side of Lake MacDonald to reach Fish Creek Campground. We ended up getting lucky with the campsite I had booked. It was in one of the smaller loops and sat right next to Fish Creek. We were able to hear the flowing water all night long.
After setting up camp we did the hike out to Rocky Point, enjoyed the warm sun and views of the mountains and the lake, and completed a loop back to the campground. We spent the rest of the day reading in the shade, roasting brats & smores over a camp fire, and going to a Ranger talk later that night about the bats that live in Glacier N.P.
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