Well, we have been here for 9 days so I guess it's time to take the official tour of Glacier, Judy and the rest of the troops rode the free shuttle bus across the park last week but it doesn't stop to view the park or have an commentary. We went to the Sinclair Gas Station's cafe with all the rest of our HH friends for lunch first, we ate there last week and I had one of the best BLT's ever so we all went back for more and they were good. Now that the crowds have decreased and Labor Day is over it's time for the Going To The Sun road trip.
This is Lake McDonald (there are 130 named lakes in the park) and the tour boat, which we did not take,
Here's a picture of the 17 passenger Red Bus at one of the stops. The buses were built by White in
the late 1930s and restored by Ford in the 1990s. The drivers are called "jammers" because the buses use to have manual transmissions and you could hear them grinding the gears when they shifted.
A happy happy Judy on the bus.
The canvas top is rolled back so you can stand up to get a better view or picture when the bus stops
These pictures were on the way up, the tour took 4 hours, from the visitor center to Logan Pass and back.
Here's a couple pictures of the road, there were pretty steep drops on the outside with very little to stop you from going over. There was only one short tunnel.
Your hosts!
And the Going To The Sun road continues to go up.
This little fellow, to me a ground squirrel, is called a Whistle Pig for some reason by the locals.
We saw 4 or 5 mountain goats at Logan Pass (~6200 feet) and they are not afraid of people, many were within a couple hundred feet of them.
We saw one black bear, he popped out of the woods near several people who were at a viewing stop, wonder if they pooped their pants?
On the way back down we stopped at this pool. The water gets it's color from the stones that are ground to powder by the glaciers as they travel.
And finally, here's one of the 25 remaining glaciers, when Glacier National Park opened in 1910 there were 150 glaciers.
