MONTANA CANADA TRIP - DAY 7. Missoula -> Glacier National Park
We got a very late start out of Missoula, but that's ok. Today is a short driving day. Jonathan had a dental emergency, so we detoured to the dentist who diagnosed an infection in his wisdom tooth, recommended extracting two teeth, but told him he could wait till he gets home if he takes antibiotics. Fortunately, Jon decided to wait.
Back on the road we headed north up Hwy 93 along the Salmon River for Glacier National Park. The weather was mediocre but the scenery was Montana at its best. Here are some photos:
If Idaho is the state of Big Rivers, then Montana is the state of Big Sky. True to its motto, The Big Sky Country, we saw more big sky and more variety within the sky than I could imagine. The weather changed by the minute (something a photographer would notice), as clouds moved in, out and around the sun. The color of the sky and the quality of the light on earth reminded me of a carousel moving in several directions at once, all part of a grand plan, but random to a person on the ground.
We arrived before dark at our motel at the west entrance to the Park. The weather was cold and wet and our little cabin didn't quite meet my expectations of a warm room with windows at the edge of the most beautiful scenery in the world. However the next morning we met the owners and got the backstory, and it all made sense. The motel was purchased a few years ago by a couple about my age from the San Francisco Bay Area. They bought it as a fixer-upper retirement project, and a good way to keep coming back to Glacier. They spend a few weeks a year in Glacier doing maintenance and remodeling and other administrative duties, and just happened to be around when we were having breakfast. Here is a photo of the breakfast area:
More photos
Accommodations: Vista Motel, West Glacier, MT. ***
Back on the road we headed north up Hwy 93 along the Salmon River for Glacier National Park. The weather was mediocre but the scenery was Montana at its best. Here are some photos:
If Idaho is the state of Big Rivers, then Montana is the state of Big Sky. True to its motto, The Big Sky Country, we saw more big sky and more variety within the sky than I could imagine. The weather changed by the minute (something a photographer would notice), as clouds moved in, out and around the sun. The color of the sky and the quality of the light on earth reminded me of a carousel moving in several directions at once, all part of a grand plan, but random to a person on the ground.
We arrived before dark at our motel at the west entrance to the Park. The weather was cold and wet and our little cabin didn't quite meet my expectations of a warm room with windows at the edge of the most beautiful scenery in the world. However the next morning we met the owners and got the backstory, and it all made sense. The motel was purchased a few years ago by a couple about my age from the San Francisco Bay Area. They bought it as a fixer-upper retirement project, and a good way to keep coming back to Glacier. They spend a few weeks a year in Glacier doing maintenance and remodeling and other administrative duties, and just happened to be around when we were having breakfast. Here is a photo of the breakfast area:
More photos
Accommodations: Vista Motel, West Glacier, MT. ***
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