We drove through some light snowfall this morning as we left Idaho and entered Montana. Despite a full day of driving yesterday, we still had a lot of road ahead of us this morning. Finally, around 15:00, we rolled into Glacier.
Glacier is about as beautiful a landscape as one could imagine. The forests are deep green, the lakes perfectly teal and the grey mountains are covered in white snow. Unfortunately, as we pulled in, it started to rain heavily. Thankfully, it didn't last long and we were able to set up camp under fairly clear skies. With it being late in the day, we decided to start our time in Glaicer with a drive on the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road.
Going-to-the-Sun Road is an approximately 60-mile long path that winds around the lakes and through the mountains of the park. It's an engineering marvel with spectacular vistas around nearly every corner. The road is closed about 27 miles in, where it has yet to be plowed, but I think we probably got to see the best parts. The trip ended next to the Weeping Wall, which is a steep rock face where water seemingly flows out of nowhere, through cracks in the rock. Also, on the ridge far above were a couple of mountain goats; but, we could only get a glimpse of them through the binoculars some lady loaned to us.
After grabbing dinner in Jammer Joe's near the park entrance (they actually serve Fat Tire, prompting 3rd Stop nostalgia), we headed to our campsite at Fish Creek. It doesn't get dark this far north until about 21:30. Still, we were setting up camp in near total darkness. We stashed our food and other scented items in the bear locker and stuffed ourselves into my 2-man backpacking tent, which is significantly smaller than a double bed. After some initial discomfort, we actually got a decent night's sleep.
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