Our last day in Glacier was saved when we met a family on the closed Avalanche Lake trail who come every year to Glacier. They showed us some pictures from last year and what we were missing during our visit. They knew of a different hike that wasn't closed and invited us to join them since they felt bad that we were having a bad experience during our one and only visit to Glacier NP. So we hopped in a car with some strangers in the middle of nowhere and they were from Long Island (I hope our moms aren't reading)...Okay, they were parents with a 12 year old son and they seemed harmless enough...I think THEY were the ones taking the risk...so, we hiked a great 6 mile route with them to Fish Lake and had a nice lunch and break...when we returned to the trailhead, they took us to get our car and then we met them at the Lodge bar for a few celebratory drinks... after a couple of drinks and more shared stories, they told us that they have a lakefront house and wanted us to join them for a bbq...who can say no to that?? So, we followed them out of the park and down a couple of dirt roads to Lake Five (aptly named because it is shaped like a "V"). They grilled it up and we met their other kid and friends who were staying with them and hung out for a few hours and drank and ate and had a wonderful time...Ginger discovered "soccer moms", no, not that kind...a mixed drink that soccer moms drink on the sidelines...capri-sun with vodka...so she imbibed and I was the DD once again...Their motto is "this doesn't suck" and I think it was an appropriate ending to our somewhat disappointing time in Glacier...We had such a fun day and it was so spontaneous and full of laughter...we have made new friends that we will hopefully see again. They live full-time in Phoenix and go to Glacier every summer for a month....
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