Well… Now That we’ve been to Glacier National Park, I have no desire to return. Maybe it was a letdown after how amazing Yellowstone was?
There could be several reasons for my not enjoying this park.
First, it is not nearly as accessible as Yellowstone. There was like one hike we could take all the kids on and that hike was rather lame. I know there are some beautiful hikes in the park, but none of them were really something we could realistically do with small children. If wanting to visit this park, do so with older children that can do lots of hiking. I think you could see some beautiful sites if able to do some longer and harder hikes.
Second, Going to the Sun Road. I HATED it – I say this and I try never to use the word hate. It was AWFUL. I was terrified almost the entire time. The road is incredibly NARROW and VERY WINDY! I drove and at some point my kids asked if it would be better if I let me husband drive. Uh. NO! As the passenger, I would see RIGHT OFF THE CLIFF EDGE. That would be even worse. I drove VERY SLOW and pretty much in tears half of the time. I pretty much cheered when we got to the top. Then there was NO Parking at the visitor center up there. There was NO WAY I was going back down that way, so we took the other way out of the park. I have NO DESIRE to ever go back on this road. I don’t think it helped that someone DIED on this road the week before we were there….
So yeah. We marked it off the list. Will we be back? I doubt it. Never say never, but I really don’t have any desire to return. I’d rather go back to Yellowston and Teton anyday over Glacier…
