Glacier National Park

We have just spent a week in Glacier National Park.  At first I was worried that a week would be too long.  What a silly thought.  There is so much beauty here, you could stay much longer.

There are huge lakes, beautiful mountains and wonderful mountain streams.  We went on several hikes.  One was in East Glacier in the Twin Lakes area.

We also hiked along a mountain stream...

to Avalanche Lake.

But the highlight of every motorcycle riders trip to Glacier is Going to the Sun Road.  This Road was complteted in 1933.  Rather than build a road with multiple switchbacks, the engineers designed a road which would showcase the scenery.  It is 50 miles of wonderful views. 

At the top is a pass where you can take a hike to a viewpoint.  Joseph and I decided to try the hike.  After waking on a boardwalk for about half a mile, we encountered snow.  In fact, the remainder of the trail was covered in snow.  After slipping and sliding for a while, we headed back.  I guess I am just not comfortable hiking in snow!

However, the mountain goat was not having any problems.

But it was fun hiking in the snow in August.

Going to the Sun Road was such a treat that we rode it twice.

We are currently staying in an RV Park at Fort Harrison in Helena, MT.  But we are both already talking about when we can take another trip to Glacier.