Today was a driving day - about 150 miles.  We said goodbye to Glacier National Park with sweatshirts on (it must have gotten down to the low 50s or perhaps high 40s last night) and headed for Idaho, stopping in a place called Bonners Ferry by about 2 p.m.  We are on Mountain Time now, the change occurring as we crossed over into Idaho.  We are about 25 miles from the Canadian border which we'll cross tomorrow.  As near as we can tell, the mudslides reported last week are not in the area we'll be traveling so we should have no trouble reaching Whistler by Friday and be one of the first at August Camp on Saturday.  Jack says we need to be there early to get a good campsite.

They say the Canadian Rockies are even more beautiful than our Rockies.  Am looking forward to seeing how they compare as we have seen such picturesque scenery and clear mountain steams and rivers, it's hard to believe anything could be more beautiful.  We'll let you know!

7/23/12

We were all set to go hiking today but our plan didn't materialize.  We must have picked the most popular trail in the Park as we were unable to get a parking place near enough to it to get on the trail!  The Park was full of people -- the most we've encountered anywhere since leaving the East.   We decided to find another trail and drove almost to the Canadian border without finding the one we were looking for.  It was such  a clear, windy day with temps in the mid 70s, hiking would have been ideal.  Even though we saw some beautiful mountain scenery and crystal clear rivers, we were disappointed at not being able to hike.

Can you see the rocks at the bottom of the river?

We took advantage of the restaurant on site at KOA and had a nice barbecued dinner,  As the sun went down, it got COLD so we got out a sleeping bag for an extra layer and I bought a sweatshirt which was part of my sleeping attire.


7/22/12

Drove from Shelby to Glacier National Park this morning arriving at a KOA campsite shortly after noon.  Nice place.  Heated pool, playground for the kids, restaurant on site, cabins and sites for RVs and tents.  This is camping??  

After getting campsite set up we bought groceries and then went out sightseeing--drove part of the Going-to-the-Sun Road which takes you pretty high up in the mountains.  The majesty of the mountains is breathtaking.  Some still have snow on them and probably because of this, the waterfalls are 'full'.  The views were spectacular.

Snow on the distant mountain

Waterfall we were able to get close to

"...purple mountains majesty..."

We returned to the campsite, had dinner and then played Scrabble.  The mosquitos got bad enough that we retired to the back of the truck for our second game.  It got cool enough to need a sweatshirt.  Are you jealous?  From the weather reports we've heard, you all have been sweltering in 90 degree+ heat.