Blogs from Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, North America - page 15

pictures as promised. they're from someone else's camera. I took a few...... read more

So we arrived on Thursday, it was raining. It was snowing as we drove through the mountains, but mostly just raining... it's still raining. Poor Bill. It's supposed to stop raining pretty shortly after he leaves. We both blame him. He even offered to leave early if it would bring the sunshine, he's sweet like that. We went to Canada today...for lunch. The border is only twenty minutes away. Afterwards we sucked it up and went hiking in the park (in the rain). The fog has been pretty thick. I've been told that I'm surrounding by the most breathtaking scene. From the bits and pieces of it I've seen I'm looking forward to Bill's departure (only so the rain will stop). Rain and all, we're having a great time. Bill officially hasn't done anything work related ... read more

Onaxthiel writes- Our night at Gunsight was very comfortable. The predicted rain never developed and once out of the wind, the bivys were certainly warm enough to keep us content for the night. The sunrises we have seen in mountain valleys are a bit different from those at lower points. The tops of the mountains take on a red tint when the sky is still rather dark, and there is no change in the clouds to the east and then suddenly BOB breaks the horizon and it's a new day. The sun just doesn't herald its coming for you like it does down below. The deer from the night before was still hanging around, so we played more range-deer games with him. After driving him out on foot twice, we decided to have Obfuscator (wearing the ... read more

Obfuscator writes: We woke up pretty dry and pleased with ourselves. Since all our gear was dry, we didn't have to waste any time in moving out of our camp. We filled our water jugs, and went back to the Ranger office where we obtained our backcountry permit, and signed up for a campsite at Gunsight Lake, which we had been told on both sides of the park was a worthwhile hike. It's also interesting to note that unlike at Yellowstone and TR National Parks, backcountry camping permits at Glacier cost 5 dollars per person. That's really not a bad price or anything, but it was a bit surprising that the park I have come to think of as incredibly expensive was in fact, cheaper than Glacier in almost every way. Glacier just had fewer people ... read more

Obfuscator writes: We checked out of our motel in Choteau at a reasonable time in the morning. Since we knew it wasn't that much further to Glacier, we stopped in at a local restaurant for some breakfast. Onaxthiel says that the pancakes were quite splendid. The French toast was ok. I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but if you find yourself in Choteau, just look for the only family restaurant on Main Street. After that we began our drive to Glacier. As we approached Browning Montana, the previous day's rain gave way to snow, and the vehicles we saw going the other way were surprisingly coated in it. We later found out in a ranger station that in part of the park they had got two feet of snow that night. Browning is the capitol ... read more