On our first night in Glacier National Park, we had reservations to stay at Glacier Park Lodge. Andrew, however, was always scouting ahead on his smart phone. He learned that the Sun Highway in Glacier was closed due to avalanches. So during dinner in Colombia Falls at the Three Forks Grille (which April had found on her smart phone), Andrew changed around our reservations by phone. He cancelled our reservations at Glacier Park Lodge, on the east side, and made us reservations at Lake McDonald Lodge, on the west side.

That way, we would visit and take Andrew’s planned excursions on the west side of the park and then not have to backtrack again from the east side of the park. And in fact, even the road around had an avalanche closure and we had to take a detour around that section as well.

We enjoyed our one night stay at Lake McDonald Lodge. We got assigned a cabin clear down the end of the line of cabins. At first, we were disappointed to be so far from the lodge itself. But after we walked down to our cabin, we were delighted to learn that we had a great view of the lake and none of the closer cabins did because of the trees growing in front of them. So in the end, we liked our cabin, our view of Lake McDonald, and even thought the scenery better there than at Glacier Park Lodge.

I've included four photos of us at the Lake McDonald Lodge. In the first, you can see Vicky standing in the front of the lodge. Vicky’s sitting in the main room of the lodge in the second photo. Andrew, Vicky and I are standing in front of our cabin (lucky number 13) in the third photo. And the fourth photo is in the morning and Vicky is at the back of the main lodge, having coffee and looking out at Lake McDonald.