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Yesterday was ... amazing. Shannon and I started out from Kalispell, heading to West Glacier, MT, our nearest entrance to Glacier National Park. We found a wonderful place for breakfast, Montana Coffee Traders where the people were friendly and the eggs benedict (all made fresh, even the hollandaise) was $6.95. Then we went looking to take the tour we'd chosen. We arrived at the helicopter place at the same time as two married couples, so six can fly far cheaper than two. With our temporary new friends, we could afford to fly over the park for a full hour (for just Shannon and me, to fly for an hour would have been $350 per person). Glacier National Park is magnificent -- this is the landscape that moves me. The glaciers and mountains are truly awesome, but it's the lakes that I found so spectacular. After the helicopter tour, we headed into the park, where we hopped on the Going-to-the-Sun road up to Logan Pass, beyond which the road is closed for the season. We stopped several times: to hop over rocks into a stream, to watch a mountain goat, to use the rustic potties. Then it was into Whitefish, where we bought tons of gifts and stayed for dinner. Made it back to the hotel in time to slap on a layer of lip gloss and head to the bridge game. Stayed up much too late, woke up earlier than I'd hoped. This morning we're heading out to find what the locals say is the best breakfast with the best view in Montana.

Posted by Stacy Jacobs on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 9/19/2006 07:35:00 AM | Permalink