Glacier National Park, Hungry Horse Dam, and a Sleigh Ride

A visit to Apgar Visitor Center at Glacier National Park so that I could get another stamp for my National Parks Passport was in order, but first, we stopped at The Huckleberry Patch in Hungry Horse, MT.  This place had everything imaginable made out of huckleberries!  (And even some things that you would never imagine .... like barbeque sauce named "Blazin' Rectums"....don't ask....cuz I'm not 'splainin!  We did get to taste some huckleberry fudge, bought some preserves, and syrup, and a huckleberry pie!  We learned that huckleberries grow wild even though folks have tried to grow them commercially, they haven't done well.  They make up 1/3 of bears diets, and are used in sauces, pancake mixes, waffle mixes, jellies, jams, fudge, ice cream and pies!


After we bought our fill of huckleberry items, we made our way to Apgar Visitor Center.  The Going to the Sun Road was only open for 11.5 miles - to the Lake McDonald Lodge.  We made it there and went to the lake.  We saw icicles on cabins that were almost 6 feet long!  Ryan found a part of an icicle that someone had broken off that was more than 4" in diameter!  Snow was plentiful in the area and we saw some folks strapping on skis to try their skills at cross-country skiing.  I am just not that brave....


After leaving Glacier National Park we drove to Hungry Horse Dam.  We got to drive across the dam then we got out and I was able to take pictures.  Funny thing about this dam - there was no water coming out of it.


Since it was really cold at the dam, we didn't spend much time here but headed back south to Seeley Lake, MT to Double Arrow Lodge where we were going to do a sleigh ride!  These folks have a lodge on a golf course and the sleigh ride is around the golf course....which to me seems like a pretty ingenious idea.  Why not use the golf course as your track to provide a cool adventure for guests?  We loved it....except that the Percheron horses that pulled the sleigh seemed to have had something that caused odiferous output from their south-end according to Rachel.....as Ryan and I were sitting at the far end of the sleigh, we really weren't able to experience it like Rachel and Chuck.... :)


Here are a few pictures -

I've added many more photos to the existing photo album - take a peek and see what we've been seeing!  https://featherstonfamilyfrolics.shutterfly.com/pictures/1407

We've got more frolicking to do!  Happy New Year to you & yours!

The Frolicking Featherstons