Sept. 12, 2011 - Today we decided to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road across Glacier National Park. It’s a spectacular 50-mile road cutting through the heart of the park. The road was designed to blend in with the natural environment. It is a work of art with its quarried rock supports and arches and tunnels. There is major road construction going on now to repair surfaces and rock walls, but the delays did give us lots of time to gaze at the wonderful views of Glacier’s mountains and valleys and wild flowers and waterfalls. We were thrilled to see a small black bear cross the road in front of our car. We even saw two mountain goats high up on a snowfield when we hiked 4 miles on a trail at Logan Pass, 6646 feet in elevation, to an overlook of Hidden Lake. This was the same trail that Tom and I had hiked some 30 years ago, but we hadn’t made it to the lake. Maybe in 30 more years we will make it all the way down to the lake!
We turned around near the east end of the park and returned to West Glacier on the same spectacular Going-to-the-Sun Road. It was nice to get back to our RV site to relax with good books and wine/beer. Tom’s trying Montana brews - tonight’s was Golden Grizzly Ale.
The RVers next to us had just returned from a five-day backpack trip in Glacier. They are from Alberta, Canada and travel in their fifth wheel trailer to wilderness places. They did see grizzly bears on their hike. I’d love to backpack in Glacier someday, but I just can’t imagine sharing the trail with grizzly bears! Besides, this RVing lifestyle is really starting to grow on me!
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| Pat on Going-to-the-Sun Road |
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| Black bear (taken through car window) |
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| Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park |
1 comment:
Holy crapola - Glacier National Park, a black bear, kayaking, beer & wine! Life doesn't get any better...
Carla
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