Iceberg Lake

On our first day in Glacier NP we hiked to Iceberg Lake in the Many Glacier area. It was a hike we wanted to do last summer, but was covered in snow. It was an amazing hike - one of the best I've been on...beautiful views, wildflowers, and a lake with icebergs. 10 miles - enough to really wear you out too!

Boundary Water Canoe Wilderness Area

We did a four day canoe trip up in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. It was beautiful and very peaceful, but lots of work! The paddling was hard and the portages were exhausting. I didn't really realize how heavy our stuff was until we had to carry it repeatedly each day. Oh, and canoes - not so light either! We got to see our first beavers - several different spotting of these creatures and my new favorite sound comes from loons.

Duluth and Ely, Minnesota

We had some crappy weather in Duluth and Ely, but managed to get in some exploring. Pretty nice campsites in both places. It was great to see so much water after being in landlocked Colorado.

St Paul/Minneapolis

We started today by biking for a few hours along the Mississippi River. It was a beautiful wooded path and the weather was absolutely perfect. After lunch we went on a boat ride on the Mississippi and then wandered around the two cities a bit.

Falls and Malls

We started our day by visiting Sioux Falls, then drove to St Paul, Minnesota. We spent the evening at Mall of America. I didn't get a good picture, but there's a small amusement park inside the mall - along with mini golf and an aquarium. Being Saturday night - it was packed...

Wall Drug & Minuteman Missile Silo

After camping in Badlands, we went to the tourist trap Wall Drug. Not exactly what I expected, but I've always heard about the place, so glad we went. There was also a visitor center for the National Grasslands which was pretty interesting. Then we toured the Minuteman Missile Silo. The picture is one of the underground control rooms that could launch missiles that could travel to Russia in 30 minutes. Our tour guide was a guy who use to work there in 70's. After that a long drive across South Dakota...

Badlands

We did the Badlands Loop today. Very weird place...like Utah in on a prairie. We stopped to have lunch at a remote campground with huge heard of buffalo. We watched them for about an hour - run, roll around in the dirt, and make weird noises.