My sister and brother in-law, Marci and Keith, and their beautiful twins, Kenzie and Kaitlyn, met us at our cabin around 8:30am to venture down to the famous Glen Haven General Store. What? You have no idea why this store is famous? Two words - CINNAMON ROLLS. These rolls melt in your mouth and keep you smiling just thinking about that cinnamon and hot roll aroma! Chuck cruised his motorcycle down to Glen Haven while we road in the Traverse. Chuck looked a bit official- maybe too official in his motorcycle outfit so I thought I better archive the moment.

Chuck mentioned that a great first hike for the twins would be Alberta Falls at the Glacier Gorge Trailhead. Every one was up for that so after fetching hiking attire and snacks at the cabins, off we ventured. As you can see in the pictures the girls were naturals. They brought their own cameras to capture what's important to them! Here's a few of my pics:

Beautiful day from the very start! Chuck and I stopped on over to the Anderson's cabin to visit with Marci, Keith, and the girls. Thursday is always a great day because the Farmer's Market is amazing. We grabbed Marci and the girls and drove on over that way.  After buying way to much produce we headed on home to get ready for our first official hike with Toby.
Lake Isabelle is one of our favorite hikes because of the flowers, waterfalls, lake, and the fact that dogs are allowed! It's actually located in Roosevelt National Forest, about 40 minutes away from our cabin - well worth the drive!  Getting close to the entrance of that park, cars were at a stand still. I figured the tourists were looking at elk in the stream. But soon enough, we found out there were two HUGE moose (mooses?? meeses?) in the stream. The picture isn't that great but I didn't want to get any closer. Just amazing! Since hiking in the Rockies since 1975, I've NEVER seen moose on this side of the rockies. Such a sight to behold.  In some of my later pictures of the hike, you'll see two cows resting in the meadow- they seemed pretty young. Below are a few pictures from this hike:

Chuck and I noticed a helicopter flying back and forth from the lake to another location. It wasn't until we arrived at the lake that we realized what the helicopter was doing. The lake was pretty much empty! We've never seen this lake empty. Men were working down on the lake releasing items from the helicopter. We later found out that this lake is usually emptied in October each year to irrigate nearby farms. The snow/ice and rain replenishes the lake throughout the winter and spring months. I was a bit disappointed but intrigued at the same time.