The Road to MN - Day Six

First things first, Chris' woke up with her back feeling really good this morning. I mean, it's not perfect but it is so much better than it was a few days ago. Our drive today took us through Glacier National Park. This is a park I've been looking forward to visiting for a very long time. We entered the park from the west with a plan to drive the "Going-to-the-Sun" road which goes all the way through the park and exits on the east edge. We had an audio driving tour for this road that our friends the Porters had given us, so we listened to this during the drive. I was nice to have the highlights pointed our to us, there were several senic areas we would have probably missed if not the the audio. One thing that was pretty disapointing was how crowded the park was. It wasn't so much the number of people, as it was the totally inadiquite amount of parking there was. There was not a single parking lot today that had any open spots. In fact, most had signs declaring a minimum 30 minute wait for parking. We have been to parks with a ton more traffic that didn't feel nearly as crowded as this place.

This aside, the park had some very beautiful scenary. The continental devide runs through the backbone of the mountains here. There are several perminant glaciers. Mountain goats are roaming free around the devide. Crystal clear mountain lakes with color so blue you can't believe it's real. I'm glad we had the chance to visit, I think I'd like to come back at a less busy time of year. Late spring or early fall would be cool. We ended up our day in Great Falls Montana. It's hard to believe that we are 2/3 of the way through the trip. Time truely fly's when you're having fun!