After driving down from Canada what seemed like all day, we got to Glacier National Park Friday evening and had a somewhat Mary and Joseph experience. I had gotten sick in Canada and really wasn't feeling well and I was very ready to stop driving. So we get to the park, find out that RVs are only permitted on the road up to the first two campsites and after that we would have to turn around. So we drive to the first campsite and wait to talk to the ranger, only to find out that they are all full. We drive another five miles to the next one, wait an even longer time to figure out that they're full. We leave the park, drive to the nearest KOA and find out that they are extremely overpriced. So after over an hour of this, we finally just parked next to a river in what we thought was a pretty private area and had dinner. At about 8 PM one after another, teenagers start invading our space. We soon figured out that we had parked in the local teenagers' Friday-night-drinking-area, and all in all had about 30 teenagers having a party right near where we were trying to sleep. It was an interesting experience. After all that, we were about ready to give up on Glacier National Park and just head down to Yellowstone, our next stop. But we ended up waiting it out and we were SO glad!
Saturday morning we ditched the RV and spent the whole day biking around the park. We had to stop about every 500 ft and just stare in awe at the amazing beauty around us. At one point, Alex even just started praising God for his creation right in front of everyone, that's how inspiring and breathtaking the views were. 
Even during the summer, with barely any snow on the glaciers the park was still incredible and we recommend everyone who hasn't come here, COME!
The park has basically only one road that goes through the entire park and is about 50 miles long. Because there's only one road, so much of the nature is untouched and only accessible by hardcore hikes. It was definitely the most beautiful bike ride we've ever been on and one of the scariest too. A lot of the road is on cliffs of the glaciers with barely enough room for two cars to pass and no guard rail. 
Lake MacDonald is the largest lake in the park and has the clearest water I've ever seen. Combined with the brightly colored rocks at the bottom of the lake, it was one of our favorite sights and we just had to go canoeing and swimming!
We also hiked up some of the mountains to Hidden Lake, which was inaccessible because of bear danger, but still had beautiful views. And we saw lots of mountain goats!
Apart from having numb bums from being on the bike half the day, it was one of our favorite days on the trip so far!
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