Road to glacier/glacier

On the drive from the redwoods to glacier we noticed the price of gas drop about 30 cents a gallon once we crossed into oregon which was nice, however because of state law, all gas is self serve, which was sort of weird.

Shortly after we crossed the border we also got a snapshot of a landmark...

That means we have gone over 8000 miles so far, yikes.

The next strange thing we saw was a truck full of watermelons, not tied down at all.

Also the truck turned out to be an old school bus with the top/back cut off.

Then we ran into a truck driving the wrong way on the highway...

Not really, its one truck pulling two cabs.

Glacier was amazing, the huge snow capped mountains were nothing like i had ever seen in the east before, driving the going to the sun road in glacier national park you drive up right into the mountains and at times are surrounded by the mountains, its one of the most scenic drives i have ever driven. It can get very hard to drive on a narrow windy mountain road while staring at the towering peaks.

Steph posing with some snowy mountains in the background.

More mountains, more poses.

Steph with more mountains.

This black bear caused about twenty minutes of traffic jam by eating berries off the side of the road.

The Jackson glacier in glacier national park, its going to be gone by 2030 says the park staff so see it while its still around.

Hanging out on the going to the sun road.

Steph and i posing for a photo at st mary's lake in glacier NP.

The view along the same lake as above.

Strange little island called wild goose island, supposedly one of the most photographed places in america.

That is the last photo from our first day at glacier, we stayed in a nice cabin on the east side of glacier NP and went for about an 8.5 mile there and back hike to see a closer look at a cool glacier.

The start of our hike up and around the going to the sun mountain, a different hike then we planned but our first trail was closed due to grizzly sightings.

A shrinking glacier around the side of the going to the sun mountain.

Steph posing in front of the way back down the mountain.

A timed photo of us, the camera was balanced on a rock.

A strange and beautiful wildflower called beargrass, it was all over some of the hillsides.