With our map in hand we formalized our route to lead us to Glacier. We were pleased that our weather seemed to be holding with blue skies above. We had experience wonderful fall weather through The Tetons and Yellowstone and hoped to be lucky enough to have favorable weather for Glacier National Parks. Our route was to take us further west along the edge of wilderness areas often in national forest lands. It was recommended as this route is more scenic than the route that goes through Great Falls and on to he east entrance to Glacier. One of the first recommendations was to stop in Helena, Montana to see the Catholic church which was said to resemble European cathedrals w
ith a long history. It was not hard to find with the tall spires and we found the inside and outside really did resemble European Gothic cathedrals. It had been designed by an architect from Europe and completed in the late 1800's. After topping our fuel and groceries we moved on towards the roads less traveled and totally enjoyed the scenery along the Bob Marshall wilderness area. Along the way there were many historical pull outs which helped us refresh our knowledge. The area was sparsely populated but we did pass many lakes with campgrounds and vacation homes. We enjoyed going through the forests with many trees showing their fall colors. As the afternoon slipped away we noticed a campground along a lake and decided to check it out. We were surprised to find only 6 huge sites and only a couple occupied. We went to the registration board to check into the one on a point which we estimated to be at least 2 acres in size. With the
half-price Golden Age pass the camping fee was $3. You can see from the pictures we had wonderful views and our neighbors were not even within earshot, making it a real bargain. We sure enjoyed the site and sat enjoying the fire much of the evening after the sun went down. As the registration board warned of a problem bear in the area we were glad we were sleeping in the van. The next morning we noticed that all but one of our camping neighbors had already left when we finished our breakfast. We headed north toward the west entrance to Glacier, passing through lots of scenic countryside, and the further north we traveled we noticed more farms as the land opened up. In Kalispell we insured we had fuel and groceries for our trip into Glacier National Park. We arrived in the park about l
unch time and found a nice picnic area overlooking Lake MacDonald. We checked out the visitor's center and decided to go over the Going to the Sun highway that afternoon as there were two campgrounds on the east side of the park that were open and had not been filling up.
With our map in hand we formalized our route to lead us to Glacier. We were pleased that our weather seemed to be holding with blue skies above. We had experience wonderful fall weather through The Tetons and Yellowstone and hoped to be lucky enough to have favorable weather for Glacier National Parks. Our route was to take us further west along the edge of wilderness areas often in national forest lands. It was recommended as this route is more scenic than the route that goes through Great Falls and on to he east entrance to Glacier. One of the first recommendations was to stop in Helena, Montana to see the Catholic church which was said to resemble European cathedrals w
ith a long history. It was not hard to find with the tall spires and we found the inside and outside really did resemble European Gothic cathedrals. It had been designed by an architect from Europe and completed in the late 1800's. After topping our fuel and groceries we moved on towards the roads less traveled and totally enjoyed the scenery along the Bob Marshall wilderness area. Along the way there were many historical pull outs which helped us refresh our knowledge. The area was sparsely populated but we did pass many lakes with campgrounds and vacation homes. We enjoyed going through the forests with many trees showing their fall colors. As the afternoon slipped away we noticed a campground along a lake and decided to check it out. We were surprised to find only 6 huge sites and only a couple occupied. We went to the registration board to check into the one on a point which we estimated to be at least 2 acres in size. With the 
half-price Golden Age pass the camping fee was $3. You can see from the pictures we had wonderful views and our neighbors were not even within earshot, making it a real bargain. We sure enjoyed the site and sat enjoying the fire much of the evening after the sun went down. As the registration board warned of a problem bear in the area we were glad we were sleeping in the van. The next morning we noticed that all but one of our camping neighbors had already left when we finished our breakfast. We headed north toward the west entrance to Glacier, passing through lots of scenic countryside, and the further north we traveled we noticed more farms as the land opened up. In Kalispell we insured we had fuel and groceries for our trip into Glacier National Park. We arrived in the park about l
unch time and found a nice picnic area overlooking Lake MacDonald. We checked out the visitor's center and decided to go over the Going to the Sun highway that afternoon as there were two campgrounds on the east side of the park that were open and had not been filling up.
No comments:
Post a Comment