mile 3476

With the sun shining in our faces we rode today into Glacier National Park.  We entered the park through West Glacier and ride along lake McDonald, getting our first glimpse of the mountain range ahead of us.  Following the lake we reached the creek feeding it, the McDonald Creek, the Avalanche Creek and some other smaller ones, all of them carrying a torrent of water this year.  Our target to ride the "Going to the Sun Road" over the same named mountain is unfortunately not possible, as a rock slide and snow clearing has blocked the road and we are forced to turn around at Avalanche Creek.  Also attempting from the East is of no luck, as the point of turn around is at "Rising Sun".  So we made another turn and rode the west side of the lake heading toward Polebridge to get a closer look at those magnificent mountains with such impressive names like "Gunsight Mtn", "Edwards Mtn", "Little Matterhorn", "Mt Cannon", and many more, all of them looming at around the 9-1/2 thousand and more feet in height.  Even so we couldn't ride the pass we wanted, it was still a great day in the park.  Another piece of wonderful nature and worth to come back (still having some unfinished business here).

"High in the mountains life becomes very clear.  The higher you go, the more you can see." - unknown