My mapping software showed only a circular road here. Google Maps shows that it is the Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area (map below). I found one reference to it online that it once was a military-only RV park turned commercial RV park. It is neither of those now, just...
Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was completed in 1932. The road, both a National Historic Landmark and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, spans 53 miles (85 km) across the width of the park. The road is...
I am usually unable to get out and about to do anything special on my long work days of Saturday and Sunday. This weekend I spent my free time on chores, both within the van and helping around the Lodge. Mowing the lawns and helping with preparations for a large...
As I have learned, the adventure is not just the places you go and the sights you see, but also the people you meet along the way. This week’s adventures solidified that point even more. The plan to meet Leigh and Brian (Aluminarium) has been scheduled for a few months...
The first half of August was still spent parked in Colorado. I left there on the 18th, meaning I had half a month of camping expenses and half with traveling expenses. They do not differ all that much other than my gasoline money ends up going into more dining out...
I took the free shuttle to Logan Pass Visitor’s Center at the top of Glacier National Park. As I was studying the map trying to find something to do, a most amazing thing happened; Earlier in the day I had canceled on plans to go on a hike with Leigh...
Uncertain what to expect, I went ahead and started down the Avalanche Lake trail. Right at the start the trailhead map says it is 2 miles of uphill hiking… which turned me away initially, but the climb was not a big factor once I got started. The larger issue was...
My first hike within Glacier National Park would be the easy, popular, 3/4 of a mile Trail of the Cedars trail. The trail itself is either paved or a boardwalk making it wheelchair accessible. The simple stroll put me right in the thick of the dense cedar-hemlock forest following Avalanche...
In 1927, the Great Northern Railway built the station serving Whitefish. It was designed in an Alpine style reminiscent of the chalets built in Glacier National Park during that era. The entire wooden structure had timber walls sheathed in wood siding and decorative eaves. Cedar shingles covered the entire roof...
The Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site is a working cattle ranch dating back back to the 1850’s and still in operation today. I wasn’t sure I would care much about touring a ranch, but as I did make the rounds a nice feeling crept it’s way onto me. Not only...
