Day 19: Enjoying Glacier day 2

A big front rolled in last night. It was crazy but a really nice change to the hot temperatures that we had gotten used to. It even brought a tiny bit of rain which the locals were very excited about although it wasn't enough to really make much of a difference. We did pack up this morning to change rooms. 

Mike was sad to leave the pi room.

And our view was amazing.  

We moved into a small cabin later on in the day. I guess that's what happens when you book last minute and only have the availability of cancellation rooms to choose from. Although we were pretty lucky that we were able to stay there for three nights considering it was a holiday weekend. Mike would like to note that I was complaining that we would have to get up semi early to be able to check out by 11 AM. 

Yesterday I learned that we could go paddleboarding on Lake McDonald if we went down to the Apgar visitor center on the west entrance of Glacier. So that was our plan for the day considering that up at the top of the mountain it was 39° with low visibility, so hiking didn't seem too much fun. 

We loaded up on the free shuttle, this time going in the opposite direction. We arrived to Apgar and walked around a little village for a while popping into shops before heading down to the boat dock. Mike went paddleboarding, and I got a one person kayak. It was pretty cool out so we both didn't really want to get in the water. It was pretty windy though and the paddleboard that Mike got was below average quality according to him. He spent most of the time paddling on his knees but then finally got brave enough to stand up once we got to the shore where it wasn't as windy. It would've been a cold day for him if he fell in. 

Even though it was choppy and less than ideal rental equipment, the setting couldn't get any better!

Relaxing in my kayak. 

We then went back into the village for lunch and some huckleberry ice cream. 

They sure do love their huckleberries up here!

Then we headed back to the lodge to shower up and watch the women's World Cup championship game. It seems like lots of other people had that same idea. The small lounge at the lodge was standing room only with only one TV. We quickly were able to get a seat with a group of bikers (the motorcycle kind, not the crazy kind like us).  They were a lot of fun and we had some good conversation during the game. They even bought me a beer because Mike went to the bar to get beers and got distracted by the game. USA won, we had dinner, and back on the bikes tomorrow.