Day In Brief:	West Glacier	Lake Macdonald
�	Hungry Horses

Lodgings: Apgar Village Lodge

As West Yellowstone is one of the major gateway communities to Yellowstone, there were many shops around for shopping in the area. In the morning, following breakfast, all of us spent some time either shopping or browsing through the bookshops found in the area, quite a change from our normal activity of touring the national parks :) Anyway, the trip from West Yellowstone to West Glacier took us a total of approximately 7 hours of driving. Apart from actual driving done by either of the guys, 7 hours did seem to pass rather quickly admist some napping, snacking, jesting and gawking at the incredible scenery that greets us at every turn along the route.

West Glacier

Glacier National Park is named after the 48 slow moving glaciers that have continued to carve the valleys over the past one million years. Glaciers, waterfalls, lakes, wildflowers and mountain crags are the highlights of the Park

Lake Macdonald

This glorious view was almost at the doorstep of our motel-Apgar Village Lodge. Presenting to you: Lake Macdonald.

Time for some action after the long drive. Finally, the pay-back time has come for someone who has been jesting a little too much during the car journey. :p Oh....dun worry...we didn't push her into Lake Macdonald. Hey! We're not that cruel u know! ;P

Hungry Horses

Due to the long drive, it was kind of late by the time we finished all the formalities such as checking in, etc. at Glacier National Park. Hence, dinner was quite a problem as most of the eateries were closed by then and there were limited eating places in the park in the very first place. So, we drove out of the park, out of West Glacier and onwards to the town of Hungry Horses. (interesting name, right?) Well, what was so memorable was that the owner of diner that we popped into for dinner was rather hostile to us. He was kind of big size, pudgy, with a huge beard/ moustache and spoke with a really gruff voice. After we had given him our orders, guess everyone felt kind of awkward and probably a little scared by then. There was a lot of noise from the kitchen such as the frying of chicken steaks/fish, clanking of pots and pans etc. Dinner was finally served after some time, and we kind of ate in a more subdued mood than usual. When the bill came, it was a surprise to us as there was no taxes levied on the meal. Worried that the owner might had made a mistake with the billing, after much hassling, one of us picked up the courage to double check the billing with the owner and his cooks who had by then came out from the kitchen, and were lounging by a table near the cash register. The owner, his cooks and other helpers broke into loud laughter upon hearing our question and told us rather proudly that there was actually no sales tax levied in Montana. After paying up our bill and leaving the appropriate amount of tip on the table, all of us made a quick exit from the diner. Phew! It suddenly occured to us that we were actually the last customers to the diner, and that the owner and his cooks might have been about to close for the day when we popped into the diner. Guess this could be a plausible explaination for the owner's initial gruff and fierce treatment towards us when we first entered the diner. Oh well! What a day! :p

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