MONTANA, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

There essentially is only one road that goes over the pass and through the park.  It's called Going To The Sun Road.  Our motor home is too long, too wide, and too tall to drive it so we sign on for a tour in the red bus.  These are the ones that can fold their to top back.

We start out along Lake McDonald then steadily climb up to Logan Pass.  The engineering for this road is incredible.  The Park Service rates this road as the second most scenic road in America.  The Blue Ridge Parkway is number one.

Peggy and I have looked at a lot of mountains in our life but the scale of these compare to no other.  We count seven completely different mountains from the pass.  Unfortunately we can see only one glacier.  There used to be 150 in 1910 when this became a park.  Not there are only 27.

There are 150 grizzlies in the park and about 600 black bears.  On our trip back down we watch a momma black bear shoo her 2 cubs up a tree.  What a sight!  I tell Peggy if we leave our trash sit outside tonight we might see a bear.  We stay in the park campground again but Peggy says the trash stays in the motor home.

Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park

The Red Bus with Benny our tour guide.

Mitch says 'greetings' from the red bus.

Going To The Sun Road

We wanted to get a picture of us at this sign, but the Ravens had already
set themselves up perfectly for this picture.

Big Horn Sheep on the Going to The Sun Road.

Two cubs as viewed from the red bus.

What this park was named for.  One of the 27 remaining glaciers at
Glacier National Park.