Lake McDonald & ice cream

Hiking in Glacier Park


Soo many tractors


Montana bears are cool




Ice cream with Dada and Grandma (whom Eric keeps calling A-m-y) at Apgar Village after a hike along Lake McDonald

Where to begin

I have so much to catch you up on and so many pictures to share from this summer I hardly now where to begin. I have also come to the conclusion that I do not need to choose a voice to write in on this blog so just get used to the fact that sometimes "I"is "Mom" and "Mom" is "I" and "Tara" is Mom and I and or even Eric.

Now that I have cleared that up let me begin in Montana where we are right now.

That is right, after a short plane ride to Spokane with two days at "Amy's house" (Eric now refers to every house as Amy's house - sorry Brian), and an early morning 8 hour train we are at the KOA camp ground in West Glacier.

Giant Wagon at Riverside Park Spokane, WA


West Glacier train station


This is Eric's first trip to Big Sky country to see his grandparents. Eric is now the great repeater and picking up words faster than he can say them. His new Montana words are mountains, trees, tractors, grass, rocks, and trucks. Every red truck is of course Maria's red truck.

On the porch at the West Glacier Diner


We went into Glacier Park and drove the spectacular Going to the Sun Highway. Eric found the winding mountain drive to Logan Pass the perfect time to nap so he would be sure to have plenty of energy to R-U-N the entire mile loop at the Trail of the Cedars. When he sees a trail or pathway before him he declares "r-u-n" and he is off with the quickest turnover you have ever seen. With speed and endurance he is bound to break records as distance runner with a kick.

Taking a break from the run on the trail with Grandma