Today, we left for East Glacier. (That’s a name of a town). We were ready to leave Babb, Montana. We noticed that we had been staying at what may or may not have been a biker’s hotel. Every night the motel did seem to have several large motorcycles in the parking lot especially around Debbie and Larry’s room. We nicknamed them the Wild Hogs. (Get it like the movies).
The Blackfeet Nation issues mandates outside the park such as mask mandates. We think that we have been staying on Blackfeet land.
We were excited to go to East Glacier because everyone got a bedroom and it had internet inside. At the biker place, Debbie spent time on the office porch in her coat using the internet. Internet was somewhat lacking but we were close to the park entrance.
We passed through the Blackfeet Nation headquarters in Browning, Montana on our way to East Glacier. Once we dropped our stuff at East Glacier we proceeded on to Running Eagle Falls. Educational Moment: Running Eagle was a female Pikuni warrior in the 1700s. Traditionally, only men fasted and went on vision quests. Running Eagle went on a vision quest and ‘found her medicine’ above the falls and became an influential and legendary leader of her people.
Blackfeet were named based on their black shoes that were colored by ashes.
Travel Tip: Wear a coat if you have to sit on the porch to get internet connection.
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Running Eagle Falls -
Two Medicine Lake?