Life at the KOA

Two weeks into the MT life style. We are creating our life here with jobs, training, grocery store locations, restaurants and physical exertion.  Both of us have started learning Glaciers's hiking trails as well as flora and fauna. The learning is coming from both our activities at the visitor's center as well as the back country ranger program that is taking Walter into the woods climbing over snow fields and clearing trails.  I love working in the visitors center on Saturday's helping  people plan their travels around the park.  It is slow now but I hear the summer is crazy busy.  This is the perfect time for me to learn the ropes.

We have hiked 5 trails so far and had another learning experience or I was just plain stupid. Hiking up to Apgar lookout  in the heat of the morning about 75 degrees in the open, sweating, our destination 1800'  up,  at the top thunder bumpers closing in. Wind whipping as the hail came crashing down and me with no jacket or rain gear.  Lessons that have been learned many times before but seem to still get lost in the memory banks.  I won't forget that again.

Part of our understanding of our new home included an 8 hour trip to the east side of the park. Different look with the plains hitting the Rocky Mountains. More snow on that side of the park due to the higher elevations. I wanted to know what I was telling visitors from my own perspective.   Beauty  that is not easy to describe.

One of Walter's projects included a need for a group to remove a huge carcass of a elk with a huge rack from a back country campsite. He is in heaven with this job.

Having my first social activity with a pot luck dinner with Interpretive staff which includes the visitors center volunteers.  Making friends is not hard out here. Everyone is very friendly and wants to chat including the visitors. Right up my alley.

The Ralston so far is not too small. We have been getting along quite well in our little home.
Organizing our clothes and extra stuff is a work in progress. Wally built a nice shoe shelf in our closet.  I actually have too many clothes.

My tip of the day. The Glacier lily is showing its head after the snow melts.  This lovely wild flower blooms yellow with such grace. The bears like the bulbs and root around to dig up the tastie morsels.

Many Glacier Hotel

Two Medicine Area

Biking along Going to The Sun Rd while closed

Avalanche chute on the way up the mountain

Going To The  Sun Rd is closed until at least June 20th. 

Lake McDonald. Not a ripple in the water 

The Glacier Lily

Avalanche Creek