Fish Creek is OPEN!

So today the campground finally opened for the season. We had a grand total of three campers come in and two of those were reservations. Fish Creek is a reservation campground, one of two in the park. The other is St. Mary campground on the east side of the continental divide. If you'd like to make a reservation to camp, you can log on to http://www.recreation.gov/ and search campgrounds throughout the National Park Service. Glacier National Park has thirteen frontcountry campgrounds. The other twelve are available on a "first-come, first-served" basis. Out of those twelve, four are full time primitive campgrounds (no potable water or flushable toilets.)

After the work-day ended, the fam and I drove over to the Apgar boat dock on Lake McDonald. Even though the high today was only in the fifties, Lauren wanted to go swimming. I told her that the lake is fed by glacial runoff but she wasn't listening.

Lauren going in...

and coming right back out!
The two sensible parents who stayed dry.

After dinner we decided to take a drive up the Inside North Fork Road (as opposed to the Outside North Fork Road. No really, there is one.) We're driving along, enjoying the scenery, when what do we see?

This guy!

Not a bad way to end the day.