Glacier and Huck

We left our camp on Bainbridge Island and this time, drove the RV to the ferry to Seattle. It was a tight squeeze on there! It's a commuter ferry, so the staff was used to lots of cars and big trucks.

After crossing Puget Sound, we started east, our primary direction for the rest of the trip. We even hopped on I-90 for a little way.

Since we had cut short our stay at Crater Lake some days earlier, we had extra time and decided to add in Glacier National Park, which was now our next stop. It was more than a day away, so we drove until a beautiful sunset greeted us near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

That day happened to be August 24, two months since Ella was born! We celebrated with two renditions of "Happy Birthday", and with a Voodoo Doughnut (from Portland a few days earlier) for a cake.

Happy 2 months little noodle!

A little unsure of that birthday cake?

All worn out

The next day, Montana greeted us with one of its treasures: Huckleberries! Huckleberry shakes, huckleberry popcorn, huckleberry liqueur, all exist and are super tasty.

Agreed.

Mid-day we made it to Glacier in time to catch a shuttle to the heart of the park at Logan Pass - we couldn't drive the whole way since the road is too narrow and wind-y for an RV. The scenery there is gorgeous!

The park was so busy that day that we needed to wait about an hour for a shuttle back down. The driver was a real character - picture Kristin Wiig playing a 70-ish little lady with thick glasses telling stories non-stop, turning back every few seconds to make sure we heard each important point about her grandson's football game, all while negotiating steep hairpin turns in the bus.

We talked with and overheard a number of people who were hiking there, and it sounded just incredible, so we resolved to come back one day when Ella is older. If it's easy for us to get back there one day, it'd be top on our list of places to explore more!