Thursday, June 28, 2007

eh?

Brrrrrrr!
While you're having a heat wave back east, I awoke to 35 degrees this
morning in Harlowton, MT. Since I was in a motel room, it was a fast
pack and go early. I headed toward GreatFalls first. That was 2
hours away and I arrived there by 9 AM. I did a quick tour of the
Lewis&Clark Interpretive Center, called home and then headed to
Glacier. As I was driving north on I-15, I could see the mountains of
Glacier off in the distance. I was still over 100 miles from it
though. I got there about 1 PM and then just did a couple of drives.
The scenery was gorgeous but what interested me was the entrances to
both the east and west side have LOTS of commercial property adjacent
to the main entrance. It was difficult to identify the visitor
centers.
I wasterribly disappointed to discover that the Road to the Sun was
still closed. I had hoped to ride that one.
About 5 PM I made up my mind to head to Canada and Waterton Glaciers
Park in Alberta for the night. The border crossing was very easy and
by 7 PM, I was setting up my camp at Waterton. The entrance fee and
camping are the most I've paid for anything yet but its a nice
campground. I've got views of glaciers, mountains and a lake from my
tentsite. There was a deer that let me walk right up to it for a
photo. There are some type of ground squirrel EVERYWHERE and, the
most prominent feature, are the seeds of the cottonwood that are
floating around enough to make it looks like a good snowstorm.
Tomorrow I head toward Jasper and Banff.

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