Blogs from Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, North America - page 13

As the women lay in bed, the men got up and went to work. It was now Leannes US birthday and she was seeing how far she could stretch this. Today we were heading back into the park to the very remote shores of Bowman Lake to camp and kayak. So Joe and Matt carefully loaded the 4 sea kayaks onto the roof of the truck and with 4 strong coffees in hand we headed along the long and very bumpy, dusty road to Bowman Lake. We made several stops along the way to check that neither the truck roof or the kayaks had decided to leave us. An extra stop was added in at Polebridge, a town of 2 buildings, a pub and a general store with the most amazing bakery. To keep tradition alive ... read more

A 6.30am start as we had a 5 hour drive ahead and Sarah wanted us to get to Glacier National Park in time for an evening hike. No time to rest in Montana. Too much to see! The drive up was awesome. Crossing the state we could see how unpopulated Montana is. The farmers were in the middle of hay making mode which created a very picturesque setting of rows of round hay stacks dotted around the paddocks, and always with a backdrop of mountains in the distance. You can never escape wildlife in Montana and even surrounded by farms there were plenty of wild deer to be spotted. We were to stay in the middle of Glacier National Park at an area called Many Glacier. So we got to our park run motel where we ... read more

Hi everyone, Just when you think you have seen all there is to see in scenery and wild motorcycle riding, along comes Glacier National Park! It was not disappointing to say the least. As my title suggests, it was breath-taking, spectacular, inspiring, nerve-wracking, and at times I was questioning my reason for taking the Glacier National Park "Going To The Sun" road. I will get to that in a minute, but first the preliminaries. I spent the night outside of Spokane, Washington and decided to get an early start on the ride to Glacier. First stop was Sandpoint, Idaho. Nestled at the base of the Selkirk Mountains in North Idaho's Panhandle region, Sandpoint can be found 60 miles south of the Canadian border and 75 miles northeast of Spokane. The 6,000 residents enjoy the uncompromising natural ... read more

Because we haven't been in a car enough yet, we decided to pay extra for a day long tour with the old people! Actually, it was a great day...we got to see so much of the park, and Shawn didn't have to drive! We traveled in a 1936 open roofed 17 passenger bus. It gave us incredible views of the mountains. The tour went across Going to the Sun Road, which is truly the most beautiful thing we've ever seen. The driver gave us facts along the way, and we got to "pop up" (aka stick our head out of the roof, says Emma) and look at all the sights. Weather in Glacier is so strange...we started off freezing to death in the topless bus, and ended buying a souviener blanket at one of the lodges. ... read more

We made the trip up to Great Falls from Grand Teton. We planned this so we did not have to spend too much time in the car prior to getting to Glacier national Park. We were staying in a small cabin (shed) at a campsite just outside of Great Falls. Too far to walk for a beer so we had to bring it in along with a local delicacy (take away pizza). There was entertainment at the campsite - well two locals playing a selection of bluegrass and country songs. It was good in some areas and not so good in others - the jokes and the in between song banter. They were somewhat reminiscent of the "duelling banjoes" scene in the Deliverance. In fact, a request to play that song was received and approved, our ... read more