August 15, 2014 "Going to the Sun" Road, Glacier National Park

Mark the "Going to the Sun Road" off of the wish list!  We made it today.

We started from the east gate, drove the 49 mile road, and back.  Big deal, you might say.
Yes, it is a Big Deal.  The road is two lane; vehicles are limited to 21-feet in length or less, and 8-feet in width or less including mirrors.

Vehicles on the inside hug the rocky outcroppings of the mountain.  Vehicles coming up the mountain like to crowd or go over the yellow line because the stone walls on the outside edge of the road are only 24" tall.

The reason for doing this crazy drive is the beautiful scenery: mountains, bubbly streams, tall trees, glacier, snow banks.

 Lake St. Mary

Rugged mountain top

The camera doesn't show the distance, the textures, the height

 Oh, yes, it rained on the return trip, from the west gate back to the summit

 The clouds were low

 Some of the stone work around the edges of the road.  How would you like to be the stonemason working on this project?

 Ground squirrel.

The day was made better with Marcella and Jeff with us.

After a so-so dinner at the Two Sisters, 5 miles north of here, we enjoyed the fellowship of Farkel, and spades.  

Jeff and Marcella are heading south in the morning toward Yellowstone, and eventually the Grand Canyon.

We will go a few miles to the south and then east on Highway 2 across Montana.