GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

We had a very enjoyable trip between Post Falls, ID and Columbia Falls, MT.  Max hauled Birdie over several passes and then down some steep grades but Dad was loving his Allison transmission.  I took these pictures when we stopped at a rest area.

We got to Columbia Falls, set up the RV then drove into the Park for a little while that first night.  We went to Apgar Village but the visitor center was already closed so we walked around a little and drove around the village then went back to the RV.  The next day Dad wanted to take the shuttle bus to the top of Logan Pass so he could see the scenery.  The Going To The Sun Road is so narrow and windy that all he could see if he was driving was the road.  Besides, they were doing construction on the road and we didn’t want the many delays and the shuttle was free.

Here are some of the pictures we took that day.  Please remember that these pictures were taken on the fly as the shuttle whizzed along.

We got off the shuttle at Logan Pass so we were able to take some better pictures.

Lots of snow on Logan Pass

And little varmies

and people, motorcycles and tour busses.

There was a mountain goat along the side of the road, causing a traffic jam.  We almost got a picture of him before this car came along.

Otherwise, there were beautiful vistas

and waterfalls.  Some waterfalls were coming off the cliff above

the road and got our windows wet.

It was nice to get down off that narrow, windy road

with the very steep drop-offs.

We had to take a larger shuttle bus from Apgar Village to Lake McDonald Lodge, then we got on a small 12 seater to go up to Logan Pass.  After we got back down, we had to wait in the hot sun for about 30 minutes before we could catch a shuttle from Lake McDonald to Apgar Village.  It took us 4 – 5 hours to get back to the truck.  By that time, I was ready for some very serious air conditioning.  Afterwards we drove into Hungry Horse and had dinner and a piece of Huckleberry pie.  YUMMMMMMM!

The last day we were there we drove up the east side of Lake McDonald and stopped at the Lodge and took these pictures of Lake McDonald.

There was a forest fire in 2007 which burned most of

the trees on the west side of the lake.

Cool and pleasant in the shade.  The woman in the foreground, lower

right hand corner, was holding a one month old baby.

Inside the lodge

Lake McDonald Lodge

We were able to stop and take a beautiful

picture of the lake.

We drove around and tried to find the campground we stayed in on Lake McDonald when we were here before, which was probably more than 20 years ago.  Do you kids remember doing cannonballs off those big boulder into the lake?  They were just through the trees from our camp spot and a short walk down the beach.  If we found that campground, it was very different than I remember it and the fire had burned right to its edges.  That made us very sad.

After leaving the Park, we drove into Hungry Horse and had a slice of Huckleberry Pie.   YUMMMMMM!!