summer road trip - part 2

The rest of our trip took place back in the US. After Banff and Waterton National Park we headed to Montana, our next destination to see being Glacier National Park. We stayed in Kalispell, Montana. After Montana we made our way south through Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. Last stop was in Colorado; we went through Fort Collins and Denver area. It was a fun trip and we got to see a lot! Here are the pics from the America side of the trip… 

View of Kalispell from a state park where we hiked a bit at.

View of Whitefish Montana (left) from Big Mountain where we stayed for a few nights and got to watch fireworks go off all over the valley 

Angie, Andrew (Angie's boyfriend) and I at Glacier National Park. Andrew lives in Whitefish Montana so we hung out with him for a few days while we were there.

Lake McDonald

A waterfall on Trail of the Cedars Nature Trail

A really cool tree down we saw on the trail

The Weeping Wall on Going-to-the-Sun road

Burnt Trees in The Loop

A view from the drive!

People Skiing on top of the mountain at Logan's Pass

Jackson Glacier Overlook

Sunrift Gorge

Goose Island!

Huckleberry Pie for desert after our picnic in the park

Our hike to a waterfall in Many Glacier

One of the many bears we saw on our trip

A waterfall in Two Medicine

Goats in Goat Lick Overlook

Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful!

Early morning drive through Yellowstone and Grand Tetons

New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado!

Dad pouring a beer

Cheers!

Budweiser Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado

Left Hand Brewery in Longmont, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado

Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado

Coors Light, my mom's favorite!

All of the breweries we went to on our trip! 

summer road trip - part 1

            My summer vacation was spent driving around in my mom’s prius with my parents and sister Angie. It was really fun and the drives didn’t seem too bad either even though there were some long ones. We made our way up to Canada heading towards Banff National Park stopping at a few towns in Canada along the way. I think the best way to describe this trip is through pictures so here you go…

Day one, still in Minnesota

We made it past the border!

A small town in Canada called Moosejaw where we stopped for dinner.

We stayed at a holiday inn express in Swift Current, Canada. They gave us vouchers to go gamble at the casino in the connected parking lot. This is the Canadian money that I won! 

Walking to a rodeo

A rodeo in Swift Current, Canada

Picnic before the parade.

The best float in the Swift Current parade!

One of the cool statues in Calgary that we drove around and found one night.

We made it!

Lake Louise

Lake Moraine, it was gorgeous there! 

The family at Lake Moraine

The first of many breweries we went to on our road trip... that may have had a lot of Julie influence but I know that they loved going to them!

Downtown Banff on Canada Day!

The best float in the Canada Day Parade... It was for the local hostel. My mom really liked the dude sitting on the bunk bed in the back of the float, Haha.

A really good orchestra symphony that played in the park while we ate our cows ice cream!

We took a Gondola Ride to the top of Sulphur Mountian in the Canadian Rockies and saw Sanson's Peak Meteorological Station!

At the top of the mountain overlooking the city of Banff

We took a hike up to the top of Tunnel Mountain!

The golf course in Banff

We made it! 

Driving through a Bison Range in Waterton National Park

Prince of Whales Hotel in Waterton National Park

Red Rock Canyon

There was more to this trip, summer road trip - Part 2 soon to come!