Day Eight - Jun 16, 2000

Whitefish, MT to Havre, MT

High Point: Brian- Logan Pass - 6,646 ft Theresa- Our scenic drive on the Highway to the Sun

Low Point: Wind sheer across the plains

Miles By Automobile: 267

Miles Theresa Drove: 0

Miles Total: 2793

Price Per Gallon: $1.59

Today's Weather: Cloudy, rainy, sunny

Tonight's Lodging: Havre RV Park

Where Uploaded: Best Western Motel Lobby

Wildlife: Three Horses, COWS, and a bunch of dead squirrels

Daily Didactic

Well let us just say that that was awesome! The "Road To The Sun" through Glacier National Park gets two enthusiastic thumbs up from Brian & Theresa! The day began early again, with Theresa lurching out of bed to run around Whitefish. Brian's alter ego, "Ken" (as per the patch on his overalls), did some delicate mechanical work on an overactive accelerator pedal. After reployment, a word we have probably made up, of all of our pop-out camp gear we headed eastward. Reaching the west side of Glacier National Park around 1:00pm, we began our gradual ascent to Logan's Pass. The road is a narrow two lane, with serious drops on the downhill side, that has just opened for the season. Vehicles over 20 feet are not allowed and waterfalls, mountains and scenic vistas are all over. The bus putted mightily around switchbacks and on to the top. The scenery was breathtaking and is barely captured in some of the pictures below. From the top, we descended into the east side of the park and onto the western edge of the Great Plains. The drive from that point to Havre, where we have stopped for the night, is the polar opposite of Glacier. The road is long, straight and flat, and promises to continue for days.