Category Sandpoint/glacier

Travel day to Sandpoint – 8/21/26

We headed to the airport last night because our flight was early and it’s just so much easier to stay at the Marriott at PHL. Before we left last night we had really bad thunderstorms but they cleared by about…

Sandpoint – 8/22/2026

Conrad and I got up around 6 and headed over to Evan’s Brothers coffee which we had visited the last time we were here. It’s a really fun little coffee shop a few blocks from the house. They have fantastic…

Sandpoint – 8/23/26

We started our day at Evan’s Brothers coffee again for a nice breakfast sandwich and coffee. We headed back to the house and hung out in our nice little backyard until everyone else was up and ready to venture out.…

Sandpoint – 8/24/26

With Cody and Kasey gone Conrad and I had the day to ourselves. We did our usual walk down to Evans Brothers coffee first thing in the morning and then came back to the house and pretty much relaxed. We…

Sandpoint to Glacier Day 1 – 8/25/2026

Today we left Sandpoint headed for Glacier National park where we are staying at the Glacier Guides Lodge in West Glacier. We checked out of our AirBnB in Sandpoint around 8:30 after having our last breakfast at Evans Brothers coffee.…

Glacier Day 2 – 8/26/26

This morning we met our guide Mo in the parking lot of our hotel. She was 24, adorable, and very experienced, We had decided with her to take the St. Marys Trail, going from the St. Mary’s trail head to…

West Glacier Day 3 – 8/27/2026

Today we decided to take a short 3 mile hike to Hidden Lake Overlook, recommended by Mo our Glacier Guides guide. We had to drive about 2/3rds of the way down going to the sun road to reach the Logan…

Many Glacier Day 2 – 8/29/2026

We woke before sunrise this morning and got some pictures as the sun started to fall across the mountains in the distance beyond the lake. It was really beautiful. The hotel has an early buffet breakfast which was perfect for…

Many Glacier Day 3 – 8/30/26

As expected the day was rainy and chilly. We thought about driving some of the nearby roads to see what wildlife we could see but the parking lot was packed and we were worried that we wouldn’t get a spot…