Glacier 2019
We left on the Amtrak headed for Glacier National Park on Sept. 10, 2019. It’s an amazing park, and we hiked just a fraction of the many trails they have. It was also quite an adventure to take the train all the way to Montana and back.
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Back to the west side of Glacier National Park
Sunday morning, September 15th, we headed back to the west side of the park. My plan had been to take the Going-to-the-Sun road back across, stopping at Logan Pass to go on one of the must-see hikes, and maybe stop a few other places. but on saturday night Kevin...
Pinnacle of the Grinnell Glacier Trail
whew, we saw the plaque which proclaimed we'd arrived at the glacier, but we really hadn't and had to hike another half hour. We finally got to our end point around one thirty. We had expected it to be bigger, and i was also always under the impression that a glacier...
Hiking up to Grinnell Glacier!
Before our trip I was looking around on tripadvisor forums and "grinnell Glacier" kept popping up and I suddenly felt it was important that we try the hike up to the Glacier. I posted a question, asking if the hike would be too difficult for two midwesterners only...
Boat rides to the Grinnell Glacier Trail
Saturday, Sept. 14th we got up early and headed to the East entrance of Glacier. I had booked a 9:00 reservation on the boats which would take us from Many Glacier Hotel, over the Swiftcurrent Lake, up a little path, and then over Lake Josephine, and at the end of...
East side of the Going-to- the-Sun Road
On Fri. Sept. 13th we headed away from Logan Pass and almost immediately stopped at a place called Lunch Creek. So named because it's a good place for a picnic. if it's not raining, that is. It was beautiful anyway. first, here's a quick video of this second part of...
Going-to-the-Sun Road, part one
On Friday morning, Sept. 13th (friday the 13th and nothing horrible happened!), we packed up all our stuff and left the charming Chalet Motel in Whitefish. it was a half-hour drive to West Glacier, where we stopped at the historic Belton Train Station and perused the...
First full day in Montana…
...we didn't get to Glacier Park that day, but it was all part of my plan. It was Thursday, Sept. 12th, and we'd had a restful sleep at the charming little Chalet Motel in Whitefish. Like i wrote previously it's an old motel, maybe the oldest there in Whitefish but a...
Wednesday, Sept. 11th, 2019 – arrival in Whitefish, MT.
After a good night's sleep, we spent all of Wednesday on the train to Glacier. They let us off the train sometimes, mostly so the smokers could light up. it was nice to get out in Shelby Montana, with about three hours to go before reaching our destination. Shelby...
Heading off to Glacier National Park
I got back from my trip to Denver for my friend Christine's funeral on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 7th. Three days later, Tuesday Sept. 10th, Kevin and I got on the train in Springfield bound for Glacier. so i had two days to pack. It was a crazy couple of days. As...