Sunday, 8 June 2008

Glacier National Park, Montana Days 24-26

After being caught in a snow blizzard in our tents we decided to pack it up at Yellowstone. Onward and upward to Glacier National Park in the upper north west corner of Montana. Arrived at East Glacier only to discover that the pass over the park was still snowed in! A Latte and a Cappa in a road side diner (it was our waiters 1st ever attempt at making an espresso based coffee - poor country boy had no clue!) we agreed to push on to the west entrance, another 100mile drive. 720 Miles of in 24 hours later the weather was till no better, as the 'pretty" picture of my angel in 5 layers, a beenie and a pair of WALMART trackie pants illustrates ( it must be love!). The main attraction at GNP is at the top of Logan Pass which crosses the park from east to west - with the pass closed we were limited to sight seeing in the lower valleys. More surreal scenery and picnic spots along rushing mountain rivers and serenely calm lakes but, disappointingly the crappy weather will not do our photos any justice. Managed to spot another Bald Eagle, this time at Lake MacDonald and with a bit of sunshine we managed a decent photo - really chuffed! (just wish our zoom was a little stronger) We've consistently being blowing our US budget with mostly long drives so decided to stay in a few State owned camp sites. the bugger is that they have NO SHOWERS. 3 Showers in 8 cold days around a campfire.... you can only but imagine what we smell like!















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