We traveled from the Black Hills of South Dakota to Great Falls, Montana and on to Glacier National Park and also Waterton National Park ( the sister park in Canada to Glacier). Lots of wildlife sightings, beautiful scenery and waterfalls and history about Lewis and Clark and the indian tribes of the area. We had yet another repair issue - it would be so boring if everything went smoothly! This time Rose had a coolant leak that Gary had to fix but fortunately it was just tightening the hose and adding more coolant that we brought along with us! As they say in Ireland - easy peasy, done and dusted!
Great Falls Montana
This was not a planned stop but turned out great! Getting there was a really long day - 11 and a half hours but fortunately the western scenery made it seem not as long....
Highlights
- Visited Benton Lake Wildlife Refuge and saw thousands of migrating waterfowl.
- Stopped at the National Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and learned a lot about the 18 month expedition from St. Louis to the west coast.
- Went to the Great Springs State Park on the Missouri river - the largest spring and the shortest river in the US that flows into the Missouri - 210 feet long
Glacier and Waterton National Parks
The scenery is incredible here. Beautiful snow covered mountains, glaciers and waterfalls and wildlife too!Highlights
- Going to the Sun scenic drive
- Hike to St Mary and Virginia Falls
- Beautiful views from the campground - "slightly" better than our normal vies at a Walmart parking lot! Plus a Really unusual off road RV that a Swiss family shipped to the US to travel in!
- Wildlife sightings
We have loaded up Scooter in Rose's garage for the drive up to the Canadian Rockies tomorrow to see Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper National Parks. The price of gas is double what it is in the US - ouch! Plus roaming costs and our Verizon broadband are really expensive to use in Canada so we'll be on the lookout for WIFI hotspots to update the blog!
