We had a great start to the month of August. We woke up in our campground at sunrise and the good thing – no bears around. We drove a half mile to the Free Bus shuttle parking lot that takes us up to the 6,646 foot Logan Pass. I was going to park in the area that would be in shade in the afternoon near the trees, but decided not to when I looked closer and saw that a black bear was rolling around in the forest greener right 10 feet from where I was going to park. We decided to unload Ezra, Viena, Dad-Dad and Granma and the food right next shuttle. The parking lot attendant said we had a good excuse. We were first in line for the 7:00AM shuttle up to Logan Pass. The ride up “Going to the Sun” road is crazy amazing – like flying in a small plane low through the mountains. The road is partly under new construction, and has been for years, which is why the Park started using the shuttle system – which works great, but some say is scheduled to end once the construction ends in 5 years. Hopefully, the shuttles will be around next time we are in Glacier. We arrived at the pass just as the sun was rising over the tall mountain peaks. We quickly started climbing the large wooded steps up to the snow. We came this time to Logan Pass with a purpose. I brought along two inflatables to sled down the remaining snow. After performing a test run by myself, I convinced Dwana, Ezra and Viena to join in on the reindeer fun. The snow was great and fast and produced many smiles and the laughter. Afterwards we celebrated with huckleberry snowcones that we created right on the spot. The curious Mountain Goat (Sepak) on the nearby ridge almost came down to join us. Large Marmots and Large Ravens also kept close quarters as we churned and churned our refreshing drinks on the snow underneath the majestic mountains and August morning sunshine.
We love this campground.
What is the fun of sledding if you are not going to flip?
We quenched our thirst with huckleberry snowcones on the Hidden Lake Trail. The trail ironically was closed a half mile ahead due to a Bear who was eating huckleberries near the trail?
Patrick Cote’s photo in the Daily Inter Lake thursday identified the handcyclist as U.S. Air Force veteran Steve Taylor. Today’s adventure started early as a race to be first in line at the Apgar Transit Center since the first shuttle bus was scheduled to depart at 7am and we missed the one the day before by about 5 minutes. As we pulled into the closest parking spot …wait wait …wait a minute! There’s a big black bear right there! Let Dad Dad get out and go get us first in line for the shuttle and I’ll drive our group up to where the bus stops. Shortly, the shuttle bus arrives; the bus fills to capacity; the bus waits for the bear to cross the road; and the bus departs as express-non stop to the top. Destination: LOGAN PASS. Time: 6:58 am. Off to a good start. Hooray! As the early morning sun began to make shadows there appeared to
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