Day 69 - 71 (7/11 - 7/13): Glacier-Waterton Peace Park

Our time in Glacier National Park was going to be "iffy".  I booked the very difficult to get "Going to the Sun" (aka GTTS) road back in March.  When I was reading the FAQ's after-the-fact, I learned that vehicles no longer that 21' bumper to bumper can go on it (ours is 25' including the bikes/storage).  

At first I was feeling so satisfied about having seen so much beauty already that I was ready to just forget doing the whole thing...but after speaking to the Park Ranger we formed an idea of how to do it, which actually worked out much better.

We have an Airbnb in Columbia Falls because our original camping plans via HipCamp were cancelled by the hosts for unknown reasons.  Better this way anyways, Columbia Falls is a cute little town, and it is getting way too hot in the 80's to camp (little Luke would pass out, let alone us humans!).  We took a day to walk around West Glacier, Whitefish, and Columbia Falls - everyone is so friendly here!

Day 1 of our Going to the Sun (GTTS) was amazing!  It actually worked out better that we did not drive...it was so much more relaxing having a shuttle driver do the driving - the roads were pretty narrow and winding, in fact on our way back, someone driving the opposite direction hit our shuttle side view mirror and knocked it off!

 

At Logan Pass we also learn that Glacier & Waterton together actually form the World's first "Peace Park", pretty cool!

On our last day here Luke gets to come with us on the GTTS Road Westbound!

We then drove over to the Waterton part of Waterton-Glacier, which required a border crossing.  This time in addition to passports, Luke had to show his papers too (proof of rabies vaccination).

On our way to Calgary, we saw beautiful fields of bright yellow flowers...curious...I googled later that they are growing Canola...no doubt for our oil!  

GOOD NIGHT!

Miles driven: 269 (Spokane to Columbia Falls), 61 (Driving around West Glacier, Whitefish), 42 (Driving to Apgar Visitor Ctr, then around Columbia Falls)