Saturday, September 6, 2008

On to Glacier Park and Montana

View up the Valley in GNP
Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton

Getting caught up on this after no internet access for several days:
From Idaho we drove on to Glacier Park in Montana. Here are Rita's notes: Driving over the Rocky Mountains through the heart of Glacier National Park was stunningly beautiful. The "Going to the Sun Road" travels up the steep slope of the continental divide and over 6600 ft. Logan Pass. We stayed in the (very) rustic Rising Sun Motor Inn inside the Park - on the Eastern side of GNP. During a short hike we saw signs warning of recent grizzly bear activity in the area as well as cautions about mountain lions. There was also a notice regarding a solo hiker who had gone missing the week before - made me a little nervous but Bob was armed with his trusty bear spray, so we pressed on without incident. It snowed over night, and the weather turned generally nasty the next day, but we proceeded on to Waterton Lakes Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada...about 40 miles from our hotel in Glacier. Not much to see or do on a rainy day, but we did see lots of local critters (deer & Elk) and had lunch and a pint at the Prince of Wales Hotel.

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