Laundry and Sheep

Our first full day at Glacier National Park was pretty much a day to get caught up and take a breath. We slept late then had a nice breakfast. We headed into the town of St. Mary to do a little souvenir shopping and do some laundry. We found a little shop that had the internet, so I did some blogging. We bought some t-shirts and ate a little pie from a local cafe. Next was laundry, which we were badly in need of doing. We got that done then headed up to one of the hot spots in Glacier.

There is one road that goes across Glacier called the Going to the Sun Road. It goes up into the mountains and is incredibly scenic. It had just opened up today. Avalanches had washed away parts of the road and they just finished repairs. We took off up the road, and I do mean up. It is a narrow two lane road with no guardrails. Kate started out driving, but I took over pretty quickly. There are some great views of St. Mary's Lake and Jackson Glacier on the way up to Logan Pass.


As we headed up to Logan Pass, we saw more and more snow piled up along the side of the road. When we finally got up there, it was freezing and very windy. There were people skiing on the side of the mountain. They hike up to the top and ski down. It sounds pretty tiring to me. I think I'll stick with a ski lift. The snow was piled up high enough to cover the car. What season is it? Isn't it summer?


There is a visitor's center at Logan Pass where you can stop to use the restroom and admire the views, so we pulled in. We weren't expecting to be greeted by 3 bighorned sheep. They were patrooling the parking lot for food that people had left and a couple fo them rammed horns together in a disagreement. It was way cool!



After that, we headed back down to the campsite and bedded down for the evening. Horseback riding tomorrow!

~Andy