Glacier National Park Backpacking/Camping Trip Day5

We hiked back to the trailhead on day 5. On the way back, we saw fresh bear poop, so we thought that there might be a bear around. Indeed there was a bear a little ways ahead of us. It ran away, so we talked loudly and slowly hiked.

Mr.S: Hey bear!

me: Good morning bear!

Mr.N: Are you still there?

Bear over the lake

We didn't encounter the bear again, so it probably hid in the bushes or somewhere.

After we hiked another mile, we took a break on a lakeshore. We saw a bear across the lake (see picture below). It was in the distance, so we were relaxed and observed it. The bear was an adult. It walked near the lake and then went back to the bush.

Bears in Glacier are different from Yosemite. They are less accustomed to human beings. They usually run away when they see a human. They haven't learned how to break into cars. So we could keep food in the car. The Glacier bears haven't learned how to get food hung from trees yet.
Califronia bears break into cars, show up at campgrounds, get food from bags hung from trees, and they are not as afraid of humans as Montana bears. I enjoyed seeing the Montana bears who are not used to human. Also I thought that we need to be more careful for bears not to get used to humans. 

After we came back to the trailhead, we drove from the west side of the park to the east. The road was called
"Going-to-the-Sun". It was a very scenic road and all visitors drive it.
It was really scenic but I felt weird seeing so many normal visitors, because I was in the wilderness and saw only 10 people in 5 days. According to Mr.N's mother, people say, "We did Glacier!" by driving the road.  She said ironically, "What does doing Glacier mean? After they did Glacier, they do Yellowstone." 

I got her point. It is a great view, but driving doesn't make you feel like being deep in the wilderness.

Anyway, we arrived at the Two Medicine campground. This was a first-come first-served campground. Kindly, Mr.N's mother who lived near the park saved the spot. How nice of her. She pitched a tent and put a kayak as if somebody had already camped there. The most important connection is a local person, not a park ranger.