Glacier Trip - Day 3 - Aug 20
September 21st, 2005
This morning our our Backroads Trip begins. We are met at 8:00 am in the Grouse Mountain Lodge parking lot by the Backroads crew. They have a lovely spread that we are to make snacks and pack lunch out of. We get to meet our fellow travelers (Joanne, Kathy, Shaun, Bill, Sarah, John and Liz) and our trip leaders (Shoshannah & Melissa). After brief introductions and a couple passes around the food table, we all pile in the van and our adventure begins.
We did the first of our multisport things. A van ride. We got to try this sport several times, and I can highly recommend it in some situations. After a brief stop at West Glacier, we proceeded up the Going to the Sun Road. This is a great way to experience this road. Bill thinks biking it would be a hoot, but I’m not convinced. It is a long uphill that winds around the mountains. We stopped for photos along the way and saw several people biking.
We arrived at Logan’s Pass in the late afternoon. The views are spectacular. We then moved on to our second sport, hiking. This was the first try out for my new hiking boots. Let me say … they rocked. We hiked out a little over 3.5 miles to another wonderful view down the valley. Some spots were a little dizzing due ot the drop off down to the road, but the garden hose hand rail just made us feel so safe. =) We ate our lunches and then hiked back to the van. Our new home away from home. *snicker*
We then had a nice van ride through some of the eastern parts of Glacier to arrive at Many Glacier Lodge. The best description of our stay there can be that it is a view with a room. The room was very small. But when you are in the middle of no where staying in a lodge that is almost 100 years old, I guess it was just fine.