Glacier : Iceberg Lake

 

Last week we drove out to Montana to meet up with my parents, who'd been in Yellowstone, to all hang out in Glacier National Park for a week. It felt very grown up to go on a vacation with my parents. The day before we got there it had snowed which left a stunning dusting on all the mountains exposing all their texture and layers in a beauty that we were so glad we got to experience. Yet for the Iceberg Lake hike it also meant slush. The first day we were there we did the Iceberg Lake hike up into our first real views of Glacier. The clouds were moody and dramatic and the dark pine trees all stuck up dark and straight from the snow. Stunning.

 

Along the way my dad spotted bear tracks in the snow and then a little while later the culprits were spotted up on the hill in the snow. It was a mama and two sizeable cubs flipping over rocks to look for food. When we all stood still we could hear them talking to one another and all squeal when one slide down the snow a bit at one point. Luckily my dad brought his binoculars so we could all check them out better.

The lake was beautiful, albeit mostly icebergless except for the one struggling to stay frozen. Part of the lake had a thin smooth matte icy layer that I loved. It was a great first day and great first hike. The snow highlighted everything and we were so glad we got to see it that way.

Then we headed back to our "home" and because we got kicked out of our campsite because of bears and kicked out of our hotel for fires we ended up finding a spectacular & cheap little cabin (with heat) to stay in for the first half of our trip. It was adorable & warm :) We had a Cincinnati dinner night with Skyline chili and Rhinegeist beer that my padres brought.

 

up next some fly fishing escapades...

A Wes Anderson Murder Mystery Party

 

Our friend turned 30 & threw a fabulous Wes Anderson Murder Mystery Party. AMAZING!

We had Bean's Cider, themed food, music from the movies and she even edited the plot line of the whole thing to line up with the movies. Again, AMAZING!

 

I asked to make her cake and love the way it turned out: bottom layer is the wallpaper from Royal Tenebaums, middle layer is the suitcase pattern from The Darjeeling Limited, top layer is a the hat from Team Zissou in Life Aquatic and the sign is from a line in Moonrise Kingdom. I spent all Friday night piping chocolate zebras and safari animals and I'm in love with them. The knit hat was made with colored almond paste (I ran out or I would have made the bottom band of the hat) And then I took a cake that would feed 50 people to a 20 person party ha! & left all the extras  behind :)

 

 

 

Since we were in cake mode all day we scrambled at 4pm to put together costumes and think they turned out pretty darn good. I was Madame D from The Grand Budapest Hotel & I got to put cornstarch in my hair to make it gray. I cannot wait until my hair goes gray so I was beyond excited to get to try it out. Joshua was Scout Master Ward from Moonrise Kingdom and I loved his badges which were from random pins we own such as a pink power ranger pin.

 

Turns out Madame D was murdered and then the party began,
everyone rocked it!
 Happy Birthday Kristen!

Some people were quite sleuthy. Mostly I learned all my knowledge eavesdropping. At the end we all wrote down who we thought the murder was, luckily I guessed my own murderess correctly - It was Margo Tenebaum!



Moonrise Kingdom Cast

The Grand Budapest Hotel Cast