August 25-28 2013

Arrived at Glacier National Park, MT, on Sunday.  We had a really nice site at a campground just a couple of miles from the park.  Huckleberries in all shapes and sizes are definitely the "thing" in the area, (seriously - Jerk Huckleberry?) so I bought some huckleberry jam, and I have to say, it was delicious.

Monday we took a shuttle bus tour of the park on the "Going to the Sun" road because there was a vehicle size limit, understandably, as it turns out.  Some of the switchbacks, corners, etc., were incredible. Not to mention the sheer drop offs of several thousand feet.

A couple of days later we took a "Red Bus" tour, hoping we could get more pictures, but it was a pretty rainy day.  We managed to get most of the way to Logan Pass on the Continental Divide with the top rolled back, but eventually it just got too wet.  We still had a great time and saw some incredible sights. We're told that if the glaciers at the park continue to melt at the current rate, by 2030 they'll be all gone.

Our "Red Bus" tour.   (No, that's not Mike in the black sneakers.)

At Logan Pass, over 6000'

 

Lake McDonald on a hazy, sunny day.