G& J go to Canada, Part 2

Welcome back to the States! Montana, to be exact. We drove into Glacier National Park through the East Gate so as to drive the 51-mile-long "Road to the Sun" through the park, down to the West Gate entrance. By my reckoning, Glacier Park is all about that road! Amazing feat of engineering, circa 1930. "Scary" narrow road today with continuing repair and upgrading.
Believe me, I was really grateful for the several "one way only" traffic sections, which really slowed your miles-per-hour! Add rock to a retaining wall, yes! (see guys being lowered by crain and cage, over the side?) "Ground" is probably 5,000 ft. below.


I was SO happy that our direction put me against the cliff wall (lower left corner of my photo shows side mirror just missing the rock as we pulled aside for a dump truck! to pass by)

The "top" is through a tunnel at Logan Pass (so named for the park superintendent William R. Logan who pushed for just such a road to be built in the first place).

Not sure if I can trace our Logan family to his;will try however)

We lodged just outside the park in a 1907 building that had been originally in the park in the town of Glacier and used as a Masonic Lodge.

The Historic Tamarack Lodge and Cabins. http://www.historictamaracklodge.com/

What is so neat about this place is not only the place (great log furniture, a main room with wonderful memorbilia, books, REAL fireplace), but also the hospitality of the folks who run it AND live there! Tis a B&B too, if you prefer that kind of accommodation. Or in family-styled cabins. We stayed in a room upstairs in the main lodge. Check it out for sure if you head up to Glacier.
P.S. Rates are less expensive than those places inside the park.

Well, I've lots more to tell but most is about geology and rocks, so I'll spare y'all. Thanks for reading my wandering memories of our wandering.