helena, MT to glacier nat. park, lake mcdonald, drive to seattle, snowboarding, and downtown seattle

i drove up hwy 15 to hwy 2. i took that through glacier national park, and up the the entrance. it was Christmas and no one was really there. the McDonald lodge was closed for the season. i didn't get to do as much as i would like here but still a very interesting place. when i left i kept going on hwy 2 west, the most scenic drive i have ever taken. the road raps around mountains, you get to follow a river that slowly gains more and more water. the next day i went snowboarding at steven pass. the hill was amazing, very different then jackson hole area. larger hill, more compact snow, moguls through trees. the weather ended up turning for the worst. very cloudy at the top, and snowing heavily everywhere. lucky my friends roommate is going there tomorrow, so i will get a second chance at the hill. that night i made it to my friends, brians, house in seattle. brian isnt here yet, but still let me stay here. it is so nice to have a place to come to at night, and shower, and a kitchen to use. today i went downtown seattle to the pike place market, and the space needle. the market was a really cool place. the sold the usual crap, belt buckles, little glass figures, candles, hemp everything, but they also had a lot of very interesting stuff. the space needle looks cool but its really not that tall. the city its self is nice. it feels like a small chicago. lots of walking and public transportation. many different little shops next to each other. it felt nice to be around a city again.

 sun rise near glacier nat park

 ice water fall in glacier

 clouds/fog is almost everywhere

 mcdonald lodge, lake mcdonald, glacier nat park

 over looking lake mcdonald, the clouds just about the trees

 wind blown ice on all the trees

 the trees were so dense on that mountain

 the clouds swirled coming off the mountain

 ice coming out of the cracks in the rock

 HAHAHA!!

 even better

 snowboarding. couldnt see anything

 this is pike place market downtown seattle.

 they have just about anything you can think of

 that is a type of broccoli

 dig in

 someones bike

 space needle

inside a building near the space needle.