A few years ago, I took a class called Geology of the National Parks. Tbh, I slept through A LOT of the lectures (with much regret). I just wanted to go to a national park at the end. My very first national park. For our final, we had to plan a trip to a park of our choice and I chose Glacier National Park. So the past two days have been unreal… teary eyed and speechless. Yesterday, we hiked the most beautiful trail I’ve ever roamed. Wildflowers with a glacier backdrop, bighorn sheep, pristine glacier waterfalls and lakes, fresh mountain air, SO MANY trees, and we saw a bear on our way out the park. It’s places like this that rejuvenate your entire being. Thank you, Glacier!
Sincerely,
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows and lakes with habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.
State(s): Montana
Established: 1910
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
Pristine glacial lakes, a boat dock, and an old cedar forest. This is Glacier National Park, a place that I’ve never set my foot on due to the pandemic. I took an online course from Glacier Institute and learned about how the landscape of the park came to be. I…
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