Montana and Beyond....
Surprsingly, today is the halfway point in our trip, although it doesn't feel like it. We pulled into Seattle a few hours ago and the odometer read 3997 miles. Not too shabby for 10 days. The last few days were spent in area surrounding Glacier National Park in Montanta. Actually, we were there for Nate and Maia's wedding (Nate was a classmate of mine at KP). The wedding is what spawned this whole trip. Anyway, for those of you that know Nate (or Maia for that matter) can click here to see the pictures from the Wedding. The wedding was a great time and it was good to catch up with Nate and meet Maia. After the wedding we hung out with Scotty Johnson and his fiancee, Zura, and the rest of the wedding party up at Nate's condo on the Mountain.
The next day we traveled through Glacier National Park along the Going-to-Sun-Road. What a road! The scnerey here was just amazing, and we had beautiful weather to back it up again. We crossed the park and then headed into the Canadian half of the park to see the Prince of Wales Hotel. On the way back, we circled around to bottom to see to Goat Lick: where Mountain Goats lick the salt off the side of the mountain. We also stayed at the historic Belton Chalet, which was excellent, as long as you can deal with passing trains throughout the night. (it wasn't that bad). There's not much else I can say about Glacier...I'll just let the photos below speak for themselves.
The last few photos in the slideshow are from today. We didn't do much except head into Glacier one last time this morning and then head west across Idaho and Washington to get to Seattle this evening. We'll tour the city tomorrow, and hopefuly eat at one of 'Milton's' recomendations and head down to Portland tomorrow night. One thing I'll say about the drive today, Washington was MUCH more boring than I thought it would be. The most exciting part was when they posted signs that stated the name of the crop in the field we were driving past. So informative...I wish the farms in Jersey and Delawhere would do that too.
Till next time,
John and Lisa
2 comments:
Hey there kids!! Jill and I have enjoyed the pictures...keep 'em coming. Scotty and Z looked FABulous.
Strangely, you weren't at the wedding...you two have been everywhere else and I thought the wedding was what spawned this trip.
Anyway, here's to hoping Lisa's knee remains up to the task. Enjoy the second half...and come home safe.
On the way to Portland there are two cool places you'll pass on the road, doubt you'll have time to stop but you can see the highlights from the car. First, outside Olympia the Olympia Brewery where you can actually see what the hell 'Tumwater' is. But why 'it's the water' still alludes me. Second, Mt. St. Helens (or what's left of it) down near the WA/OR boarder.
Should be a real pretty ride along the Cascades, but I'm curious, haven't you seen enough waterfalls yet? With all that flowing water you're constantly seeing, how many restroom stops do you have to make?
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