Saturday, July 20, 2013

Glacier National Park!

Lake McDonald, which is just inside the west entrance into the park. 
McDonald Falls, on the northeast end of the lake. 
Hmmm. I must be gettin' old. I can't remember the name of the distant waterfall.
A tiny segment of the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
I shot this when I was on top of Logan Pass. Logan Pass is at elevation 6,646 feet.


I'm at Glacier National Park in Montana and it is beautiful! The weather is perfect and the scenery is spectacular! I've driven a lot of miles to get here but it has been worth it. I am not disappointed. This is a location that you have to put on your bucket list of places to visit.

By the time I arrived in Columbia Falls, it was late afternoon.  I got my trailer leveled and the utilities hooked-up and decided to make a quick run into the park to see what I could find. The sun sets late here so I still had several hours of daylight. I entered the park at West Glacier and took the Going-to-the-Sun Road up to Logan Pass before I decided it was time to turn around and head home. Just as a side note, when I first saw the name of the road, I thought it was kind of silly. But after driving on it, I understand how it got it's name. The road goes up and up and up and up!!! When I'd find a place to pull over and take pictures, I'd look ahead and see the road continuing upwards as far as I could see. But let me tell ya, the road is very narrow in places, enough so until I thought I might lose the mirrors on my truck. So far, so good. I still have my mirrors!

Until next time!


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