We had never been to Glacier National Park, so off we went. It is beautiful country. We stayed in a campground 5 miles from the entrance.
Here are views from different areas of the park. The 1st and 3rd pictures are of the glaciers of which the park is named. Because of global warming, very few glaciers remain. The glaciers used to be hundreds of feet thick, but as you can see, that is not the case anymore. There are only 25% left. They predict they will all be gone by 2030, so if GNP is on your bucket list, you better get here sooner than later. It is well worth seeing.
The above picture is a tunnel on the "Going to the Sun" road. They limit the size of vehicle to no more than 21' long and 8' wide, including mirrors. . We are 20' long, but not quite 8' wide so off we went. It was doable, but very tight in a few spots. Of all the scenic roads we have been on, we thought this was the MOST beautiful of all. Of course, we think that every time we see a new one.
As some of you know, my new hobby has been geocaching. We ( I ) got into when we started traveling. It gets you out and about and takes you to places you might never have seen. Our campground was in the middle of a power trail. That is a series of caches, 550' apart. Denny isn't as enthusiastic as I am, but he is very good at finding them. We found about 12 along Highway 2. I haven't geocached since we got back from our 2013 trip, 15 months ago. I plan to find at least one in every town or area we go to. Since we left, we have added 20 to our found list. YAHOO!
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