Last year for the Fourth of July, we went to Glacier Park. It was cold, and rained the entire time. Mike never took his skis out of the car. This year, we ventured to the Crazy Mountains to try and find some snow. We found it. It was 80 degrees and blazing hot sun, but we found it.
We also found, or rather Jasper found, a porcupine. The dogs barked and growled all night on Sunday...and in the morning Jasper came back to the tent sporting some new accessories.
But we headed up the trail, quills and all, for a beautiful day of hiking for me and skiing for everyone else.
Apparently people kayak down Big Timber Creek, and even over the falls. I can say with much certainty that I will never be one of those people. But the falls were definitely beautiful!
We even ran across a whole lotta Fourth of July fireworks out in the wilderness!
Jasper and Sis LOVE to play in the snow. Jasper is super annoying when he is playing in the snow, especially when you're skiing. He likes to dig. And dig and dig and dig all the snow out from underneath of you. Not the most amusing thing when you're standing on the side of a mountain that could slide out from under your feet. But it is pretty amusing to watch the both of them run and slide down the hill. I'm pretty sure they both smile.
(some more shots of the porcupine quills that would later cost us over $100 to have extracted. Nice work, Jasper!)
We finally made it to the top, or as close to the top as we were going to get. Mike and Tyson were really hoping to get to Crazy Peak, but our guidebook was a little misleading and that was a tad farther than we would make it in one morning. I have a sneaking suspicion they will be trying for it again soon.
It was a great way to spend the Fourth - enjoying some of the best this country has to offer. :)
