Wyoming and Montana

Glacier National Park




It's Saturday here in Cut Bank, Montana. We have deemed this a day of rest. Don will wash the truck and watch the World Cup, and I will read and do laundry and post to my blog. We spent the week getting here to see Glacier National Park and it was worth the trip.
Along the way we stopped at Devil's Tower National
Monument and Little Bighorn Battlefield. The first photos here are of Devil's Tower. My little Canon camera zoomed in to get these climbers on their way down. I have always wanted to go there. Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed there.
I have to say, being "Over the Hill" has some advantages. We have a Golden Eagle Pass for all of our National Parks. It gets you and everyone in your car in at a once lifetime price of $10.00. That's the senior bargain of the century. We would be paying $25.00 to get in to most of them. It has been a big savings.
Our next stop was the site of Custer's Last Stand. Heard a wonderful ranger talk from a 4th grade teacher...part time Park Ranger whose ancestors fought here. You get a whole new perspective of American History when you visit these places and listen to other views. There is a great presence of native culture in the west. It is evident at all of the National Parks. The darker gravestone marks where Custer fell. His body was removed and buried at West Point. We bought a book and are reading about the battle while on the road.

One night we stayed at Cabelas for the night...check out the sign.
Here we now are now near Glacier National Park. Photos nor words can describe the beauty of this place. It is unbelievable. We spent the day driving on the "Going to the Sun" road a must do if visiting here. We stopped and took photos and went on a 4 mile hike into the woods and up to see two amazing waterfalls. We hiked back in a light rain, but felt invigorated after the views and the exercise.
The highlight of the day for Don was this Visitor's Center surrounded by snow. The day we were there was the first day the road was open. Some of it has washed out and is under construction. We were lucky.
Tomorrow we cross the Canadian Border and head to Calgary and Banff. Banff is supposed to be one of the most beautiful spots in the Canadian Rockies. Then will head north into the wilderness. Hopefully will get wifi here and there along the road.

I have to add just this one more note. I just met a lady from NY who flew to Seattle and is biking to Maine with a group of 9 people. She was a librarian in the Bronx and is now retired. They go 56 miles a day and then tent for the night. I am so impressed, and thanks to Uncle Scott for the book, "Younger Next Year" Think we had better get reading. By the way she is carrying an ipad on her journey.