Friday, September 9, 2011

Going to the Sun Road

Cool tunnel

This is where we are headed Logan's Pass

This is one of the waterfalls

Here we are stopped at a construction backup

The forest fire in Missoula is smoking up the valleys

This is Jackson Glacier

A pretty little waterfall
Today Thursday we took the Going To The Sun Road fifty miles across the top of the mountain. This is an awesome drive and a little scary. At the top you are about 10,000 feet in elevation (I thought you needed wings to go this high) and you are right in the middle of these huge mountains. Their are many places with no guard rails and it drops thousands of feet. Their was allot of road construction and it took us 3 1/2 hours to go fifty miles, so we came back the long way but it was faster. Total trip was about seven hours. Tomorrow is a rest day of kayaking and fly fishing the lake across the street. We walked over there this evening and watched a young fellow catching rainbow trout on his fly road, who'd of thought the fish where that close? I took a hundred pictures today, so here are a few to give you an idea of the drive. In 1850 their were 150 Glaciers here in the park, now their are only 26 and they will be gone by 2030. I guess global warming is having an effect? Come see them quick before they are gone. Pray for fish. See ya

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