It ain't heavy, it's my bike: Glacier National Park, Day 4

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Reed and Busse hiked the Pitamakan-Dawson Pass Trail Loop from Two Medicine, which was almost 20 miles. They left before 8 a.m. and got back after 6 p.m. Reed had an accidental bear mace discharge, and was still feeling tingling in his fingers when he went to bed. They saw lots of wildlife on the trail, and not many people.

The photos above are by Reed Thompson

Photo by Nathan Busse

Molly and I took the 10:30 a.m. shuttle from the hotel to Two Medicine and hiked from the trailhead to Rockwell Falls, which was a cool multi-layer waterfall.

We encountered a chatty chipmunk, and then a chipmunk that really wanted to eat our dinner.

Chippy!

We made a detour to Aster Falls on the way back, which was also nice.

The shuttle was kind of expensive, and we had to ride with some gun nuts on the way out, which was weird. Our driver was upset that the officials at the Canadian border wouldn't let him take his 30-round magazine into Canada, and the two Texans in the van agreed that that was a severe infringement on his freedom. The driver on the way back was funny and good-natured, and he talked about driving from Phoenix to Fairbanks.

I went to get groceries and beer when we got back, then we got takeout from the Whistle Stop, which was not nearly as good as the Looking Glass. Reed and Busse were pretty much toast from their hike, and they crashed.