We drove to Bowman Lake early in the morning from St. Mary. It was a long drive and took about 3 hours. The road from Apgar Visitor Center to Polebridge was either having construction or unpaved gravel road. Thus we couldn't drive fast. As we got to Polebridge, the road became every more rough and had to drive slowly. As we get closer, there was actually a ranger station at the entrance collecting the park fees. Luckily we had National Park Annual Pass. From the entrance to Bowman Lake, it was still about 6 miles away. The road was still rough, but definitely drivable. It took us another 20 minutes to drive to Bowman Lake.
We got to Bowman Lake around 9AM in the morning. It was still early in the morning and the lake was so calm and quiet. The only issue was that there was smoke all over the place and we couldn't see far. Beneath the lake, we could see the colorful red rocks under the water. It was pretty cool. The bird around the lake did not seem to be afraid of people either. These birds came really close to us.
As we sat there and skipping rocks on the lake surface, a deer showed up and came by the lake shore. It was not afraid of people either. It had beautiful golden fur skin and was drinking water by the lake shore. It actually came really close to us when we were just sitting there. We could have touched it if we wanted to. It was really a great experience where human and animals can live in harmony.
We brought our camping chairs and sat by the lake for a while. As the day went by, many people came to the lake to do kayaking and paddle boarding. Everyone was enjoying the lake. We also heard several wolf howls when we were there.
We definitely want to come back here to Bowman Lake again in the future when there is no smoke. We could really see the lake to be extremely beautiful when the day is bright and clear.
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