Crown of the Continent

Here we are in northern Montana just outside Glacier National Park aka "Crown of the Continent". What a beautiful place to stay. Originally planned on staying four nights but added on another night. This area is chocked full of scenic vistas!

The only down fall was that the “Going to the Sun Road” was not completely open. Read the link to find out why! We had to turn around at the area around Avalanche Lake and Walk of the Cedars. We did do some tromping around and planned on hiking to Avalanche Lake but the trail just got too muddy for us. We did the Walk of the Cedars instead and ran into the “Good Morning America” camera crew filming a segment. They did try to talk Jack and I into being anchors but our schedule was too busy. We had a pleasant lunch at the lodge at Lake McDonald.

We are staying at Mountain Meadow RV park in Hungry Horse, MT. Highly recommend this place, large sites and spaced out so you are not on top of each other. Very wooded and well maintained. Take the walk up the dog run past the water tower – fantastic view! I let Zuzu loose and she had a blast running around the hill top. I also took my bike out from this area. There is road on the back side of the park if you walk up the dog run. Still the hills are killers. What I find interesting is the altitude is 3,000 feet lower then my house in Tijeras but it looks like you are in the heart of some very high mountains. And feels it when riding a bike, I truly have much more respect for bike riders these days in areas like this! Yes, one could be lulled into moving here when the weather is warm and sunny. However, talking to the locals the winters are hard and this has been an especially harsh and wet winter. They said we had the best weather they have seen since last August. Still get’s you thinking and I did see Jack browsing the real estate listings online. Hmmm.

From Glacier NP