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On Thursday, August the 18th, I will drive to Minneapolis (actually St. Paul) after work to catch Amtrak’s Empire Builder which departs at 11:15 that night. I will ride the train through the night and most of Friday, arriving at the West Glacier National Park station at 8:30 p.m. The next morning I will take the hiker shuttle to the Two Medicine entrance of the park and make my way back to West Glacier through the backcountry. I will safely pop out seven days later to catch the train back to Minneapolis at 8:15 a.m. The train will arrive at 7:15 a.m. on Sunday morning after which I will attend church at University Lutheran Chapel, attend the Minnesota State Fair, and finally drive five hours back to Cedar Rapids, ready to go to work on Monday. Spoiler: Thing did not go exactly to plan, but still went extremely well.
By myself again as I have not found anyone crazy enough in Iowa to sucker into going along.
| Manifest | The trip’s supplies | |
| Pre-trip | Preparing for the expedition | |
| Day 0 | Catching the train | |
| Day 1 | Riding the train | |
| Day 2 | Entering the wilderness | |
| Day 3 | Hiking lake to lake | |
| Day 4 | Shuttling around the park | |
| Day 5 | Crossing the Continental Divide | |
| Day 6 | Backpacking in the rain | |
| Day 7 | Beautiful scenery | |
| Day 8 | Leaving the backcountry | |
| Day 9 | A delayed train ride | |
| Day 10 | Driving home |
