Traveling with Tucson : June 2016

Well the going to the sun road opened a week ago in Glacier National Park so that's where we are headed on our first day off.

We pass by a logging operation and catch them unloading this bundle of logs off a truck

Pretty impressive

The road to Glacier follows the Flathead River in spots.

The entrance in the Town of West Glacier

and we're there!

Lake McDonald comes up on the left shortly after getting on the Going to the Sun Road. Carved by glaciers it is 10 miles long and 464 feet deep. It is crystal clear.

Avalanche Creek is a beautiful Caribbean Blue.

The road comes pretty close to the rocks in spots - there is a limit of 21' long and 10' high for vehicles but of course there are always those who think the rules don't apply to them.

Tunnel ahead!

Look - you can see heaven from here! Hi Mom and Dad!

The mountains and valleys are breathtaking

It is an incredible feat that they even built this road.

"Imagine the obstacles faced by the engineers and laborers who constructed the winding Going-to-the-Sun Road more than fifty years ago. Sheer cliffs, short construction seasons, sixty foot snow-drifts, and tons of solid rock make road building across the Continental Divide a unique challenge. When Glacier National Park celebrated the completion of the Going-to-the

Sun Road on July 15, 1933, more than two decades of planning and construction had become a spectacular reality."

The snow is still melting and there seem to be waterfalls everywhere

One of the remaining Glaciers

Another tunnel

There is still some snow about.

You get an idea of just how much snow there was at one time.

This will become a waterfall when it melts

The Red Bus Tour is quite popular for people that only have a day to see the Park.

The Weeping Wall

On the way back, Gary thought it would be fun to drive close and lower my window

At Logan's pass we get to see some of the mountain goats grazing. They've gotten a border collie to keep them at a distance as they were getting too close to visitors and visitors were getting between mothers and their babies trying to get selfies.

We stop at the Logan pass visitor center to try and have a picnic lunch. Had to wait a bit for a parking spot as the lot was full and the park just opened! There is still quite a bit of snow here. Logan's Pass straddles the Continental Divide

Of course Tucson had to play in the snow. He is in several vacation photos around the world now.

There have been several fires in the Park over the years this was from a fire last year. We have been lucky this year that there has been rain and cooler temperatures. I guess last year was dry and hot and there were days you couldn't go outside because of the smoke.