GLACIER NATIONAL PARK



May 31 Thursday  We started our day in Glacier Park by driving up the Going-to-the-Sun Road after watching two short videos at the park's visitor center telling about the road and the park in general.  The road is normally about a 50 mile drive from beginning to end and about 25 miles in you reach the summit at approximately 6700 ft.   It is a very scenic drive, but, unfortunately due to the time of year we were only able to go 13 miles because there is still snow past that point.  However, about 6 miles into the drive we saw a black bear right at the edge of the road!   And here he is!

Entering Waterton

 We also drove to Many Glacier and saw another black bear, bigger than the previous one. We found the views more spectacular than Going-to-the-Sun since we could only go so far there. However, we still could not get to the glacier...we have just hit this area a little too early in the season. We decided to cross the border into Canada and visit the Waterton Lakes National Park –which is the Canadian portion of Glacier Park. The two parks together are referred to as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

Red Rock Canyon

 The village of Waterton was very quaint & picturesque ….we found a nice restaurant, Trappers Mountain Grill, where we had fish & chips at a leather covered table. It was good, but still not as good as Doug's Fish Fry in Cortland! We asked the waitress for a suggestion of what to to see and she suggested Red Rock Canyon. It was 30 minute drive on a rough,twisty paved road, but it was absolutely beautiful once we reached it.