The Great 2025 Road Trip Day 11

Up at 5 to get in the park.  Weather finally turned last night.  About 20 minutes after we went to bed it started raining and the temps dropped.  Woke up to lower 50s but all snug and warm in our tent.  It was a struggle to get out in the cold and get moving.  Felt like The Long Trail and I LOVE it!

It was FOGGY.  Probably the densest fog over seen.  Glad we were driving on a cliff.  💀  but we pressed on and miraculously got one of the LAST parking spots at Logan Pass.  This is seriously unheard of.  

We got out and made coffee and hung out in the car waiting for the fog to lift.  I mean check out these views!  
that's worth the 10 days and 2700 miles right there!  (Lol)  joking.  It gets better. We did a magnificent hike!

About 5 miles round trip with something like 1800 feet of climbing overall.  It was rough but not impossible.  And so worth it. 

It was lovely but yet again very crowded.  Still amazing.  So worth it.  

We hung around a bit at Logans Pass and worked our way back down to St Mary's lake and took a nap in the car.  After said nap we decided to take the boat tour.  Absolutely worth it!

Saw a wedding!
Full day but we grabbed a dinner at a restaurant just outside the park then back to camp for a shower and gove me some time to get work done.

Tomorrow we start the journey home.  It's bittersweet.  I think we're both getting adventured out and miss home.  But this life on the road is really intoxicating.  At least for me.


Miles driven: 2771
Miles hiked: 28
State count: 9

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