Mar 20, 2013 - Glacier National Park

July 2012 we went to Glacier National Park in Montana. These photos are late in coming due to a fall which resulted in a broken elbow. Needless to say Donna was out of commission for 6 months. Glacier is unique and awesome. Here are just a few of the hundreds of photo to give you an idea of the beauty and grandeur. Maybe this will whet your appetite for your own adventure to this one of a kind place.

Oct 11, 2012 - Glacier National Park

We (Marg, John and Taty) left Davis on Sept 2 for Corvallis, where we had a short stay before traveling through Oregon, Washington and Idaho to Montana. We stopped for a picnic lunch near Wallace, ID and, purely by chance, found ourselves in an outdoor mining museum! Old tools, ore cars, explosion pattern display, and elevator tower with working bells for communication below ground provided both history and a reminder of current activity in this area. Most of western Montana is national forest or wilderness area so it was very scenic,...

Sep 15, 2012 - Helena, MT to Glacier, MT

Day fifteen- Destination: Glacier Soundtrack: Allman Brothers, Hall and Oats, My Morning Jacket, and Moody Blues Nick had many words with the bus, and eventually his temper decided to super glue the reservoir directly to the master cylinder. That worked better than the J.B. Weld, and after about an hour of letting it dry we bled the brakes. Hopefully it holds until we're in California where they have a million buses and spare parts are more plentiful. After all that excitement, we finally made it to Glacier. We're sleeping at a campsite...

Sep 13, 2012 - Glacier National Park

We arrived at Meadow Lake Resort, our time-share mid-afternoon on Sunday, September 9 in Columbia Falls, MT about 19 miles from the west entrance to the park. After leaving Helena we spent one night in Missoula before driving here. Missoula was bustling on Saturday with the weekly Farmer’s Market and a Hemp Fair on the riverfront downtown. Since Lynda is a fair and market junky we spent a couple of hours browsing the adjacent sites before going to our hotel; happily another free night. At Meadow Lake we have a one-bedroom apartment...

Sep 7, 2012 - Glacier, Montana To Bozeman, Montana

9-7 Glacier, Montana To Bozeman, Montana AM 42 Degrees And Sunny, PM 72 Degrees Stayed At Sunrise Campground We had a long travel day ahead of us when we left St. Mary, Montana this morning on a beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky. We went through a large old burn area as we went south on I89. The burn areas have their own unique beauty with the new growth coming up among the bare tree trunks still standing. Usually the stands of trees are all white because the bark has been burned off. We saw free range cattle and horses grazing on...

Sep 5, 2012 - Going To The Sun Road

9-5 Going To The Sun Road Sunny and 60 Degrees that Staying at Johnson’s of St. Mary’s We turned on our audio CD from the Visitor’s Center we downloaded onto an IPOD, and headed up the Going to the Sun Road. It is a beautiful drive, and since the park is in the 4th year of a 10 year road improvement project, just a little less scary a drive than last time. A lot of it is very much on the edge on the mountains, with no berm, and previously no guardrail. Now it has a short something at least resembling a guardrail in the sections that are...

Sep 4, 2012 - Many Glacier Road, Trip To Logan Pass

9-4 Many Glacier Road, Trip To Logan Pass AM Cloudy, By Noon Sunny and a Lovely Day Staying at Johnson’s of St Mary’s We were going to drive the Going to The Sun Road today, but we want to do it on a pretty morning, so made a change of plans. Tim and Terri ran some errands and Mike and I did a few things we needed to do around the trailer. When we went to leave at 10:30, one of the truck tires was as flat as a pancake. We’ve never had a flat on the truck before, so it took a while to gather up all to pieces and parts to change it. Then, we...

Sep 3, 2012 - Lake Louise to Glacier National Park, Montana

9-3 Lake Louise to Glacier National Park, Montana AM 43 and Cloudy, Noon 66 Degrees and Blue Sky, 1:30 PM Sunny and 77! Staying at Johnson’s of St. Mary’s Campground We left lovely Lake Louise this morning and headed down Route 1, the TransCanada Highway. We were able to see the dramatic Mount Castle again…so beautiful. This is the road with all the animal overpasses. We have yet to see an animal on one, but we keep hoping. After a couple of hours we left the mountains behind for the gently rolling hills of farm land. As we came into the...

Sep 1, 2012 - Red Rock Falls hike

This hike is along the continental divide in the Many Glacier area. Viewed big horn sheep through binoculars up near a glacier. What appears to be snow caps on the mountain peaks are actually glaciers. There are 25 glaciers in the park. A glacier is at least 100 feet deep of moving ice and covers at least 25 acres. After hiking and leaving the area we observed a grizzly bear feasting on huckleberries. He was to far away to get a photo with my camera. Patty loved the turquoise waters of Sherburne Lake as we approached the dam.

Aug 31, 2012 - Hidden Lake Hike

Returned to Logan Pass on the going to sun road. This road was designed in such a way that you don't actually see the road unless there are cars on it. Logan pass is at the continental divide. We hiked to Hidden Lake Trail. It seems each hike is more fantastic than the previous one.

Aug 29, 2012 - Glacier National Park - Day 2

Day three: Glacier National Park for a second day. Another early morning – we were on the road before 7:30 and in the park at Two Medicine (Two Med in park shorthand) by 9. Even though it was a gorgeous sunny day, the wind was whipping at nearly 40 mph. Needless to say, we both wished we had brought more than fleece sweatshirts with us. We walked to Running Eagle Falls, followed by another boat trip. This one was on Two Medicine Lake where the white caps were amazing. I haven’t seen waves like that on a lake ever! I was praying not to be...

Aug 29, 2012 - Many Glacier area of park

Our first full day of hiking and sightseeing in the park. WE were completely overwhelmed by the beauty and grandeur of this area. It was warm but windy in open areas. While hiking we saw a grizzly bear in what is called the bear bathtub. I have attached attached photos of this day, seeing live is even more amazing.