On the west side of glacier most of the roads to the middle of glacier were closed due to the fire. We spent three days in west glacier. Then we decided to move to the east side because we could not get to the middle. Yesterday we packed up and drove over the continental divide to the east side.
The west side had dense trees and a lot of mountains and hills, most of the trees were evergreens with a few Aspens scattered about. Within a few minutes the terrain of evergreens and mountains rapidly transformed to plains. The plains on the east side of the continental divide had a few hill with Aspens scattered about. There is hardly any evergreens on this side and all the rivers flow the opposite direction.
Campsites
Our campsite on the west side was a rv campsite with a good amount of people. Also the highway ran beside the campsite making at noisy.
Conversely the campsite we are staying at on the east side is more remote. Also it is higher up in the mountains and is more open. Besides there is less people making it more quite, in my opinion an actual campsite.
Also a big difference is the smoke. The smoke is almost all gone on this side and you can see the blue sky and mountains. In my opinion the east side is much prettier.
Exploring
There is a wood behind our campsite which Huckleberry and I spent hours exploring all the deer and beaver trails. We found stumps that had been chewed by beavers so we went on a search for their dam. After hours of plowing through bushes we finally found a pond the beavers had constructed with a beaver “hut” in the middle. Making our way around the pond(spunky had joined us at this point)we discovered they had dug into the hillside, Therefore making an extensive home.