Idaho and Glaciers

For our last retreat of the year, we traveled a good 700 miles and 14 hours to MCcall, Idaho. It didn’t take long for us to realize it was totally worth it (or was it?). After following a winding river through the base of the mountains of Idaho we reached Quaker Hills, an amazing retreat house right on the lake that resides there. The beach front property had canoes and a fire pit for the Big Sky Region JVS to hang out, relax, and share stories with one another. It was an amazing spot with beautiful mountains as a perfect backdrop.

We realized that we hadn’t traveled long enough and took Amanda from Billings with us on another trek from MCall to the west side of Glacier National Park in the NW corner of Montana. Regarded as one of the most beautiful parks in the country, after spending little time there we could all agree with what we’d heard. Unfortunately, the ‘Going to the Sun Road’ was closed due to the snow that resides there all but the 2 core summer months (wild, huh?) It still held some amazing views and plenty of hiking.

After a week being away, we made the final stretch of travel, a mere 10 hour drive back from Glacier Park back to Ashland. Though it was a memorable week, we were all very excited to have our own mattresses to sleep on that night.