Merrily: Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Could not blog last night - no internet. We stayed in West Glacier, Montana, at the only vacancy which had electricity, water, and beds and that's about all.

Tuesday was a dash through Montana plains to get to Glacier National Park. We were on highway 2 almost the entire way and it is a mecca for bicyclists.
We went through a section of Montana where each little town had a population of around 500 and each one was about 6 miles from the next. You could see the next small town on the horizon as you whizzed through the last.

We got to East Glacier and our lovely room was in West Glacier about 60 miles and 5 construction zones away. It took around 2 1/2 hours. Plenty of time to observe the locals.

Today was a different day!!!!! Glacier National Park is a wonderful, grogeous place! The Going-to-the-Sun Road is amazing, a little scary in places (especially around construction zones), but has the most incredible views! Not a single picture that I put on will do the area justice, so if you haven't already been there, you need to get on your horse and ride to the west! We were not lucky with wild animal sightings, only a couple of marmots. Berries are not ripe so bears are not on the slopes.
We took a tour boat through Many Glacier Lake which then took us to a 1/2 mile walk and to another lake to see Grinnell Glacier. 1/2 mile back and back to original boat. Fun! (Also went over Continental Divide - twice!)
Then---- on to Canada! We are in Pincher Creek, Aberta, Canada tonight and happy to add another place to our list that we have never been. Tomorrow we head back to the states via another new road for us and in to Sandpoint, Idaho to visit with Ashley's mom and dad.