On to Glacier

Tuesday August 30, 2011
Glacier Campground Site F10
West Glacier, Montana

 

Monday was our last day at Jim & Mary’s in Missoula
so we did some cleaning and a few other little things

like back up the hard drive

 

change Ruby’s air filter

 

and restring another living room shade

 

before heading off to Glacier National Park on Tuesday.

 

 

 

It was a hazy  Tuesday morning as we set out
on the lovely drive  up Route 93
beside Flathead Lake

 

and through the Flathead Indian Reservation
where all the signs were first in their language
and then in English.

 

Along with a dual language sign,
this road had a “night” speed limit, the second
time in the past 5 months that we’ve seen that.

 

 

 

And this sign posted multiple times.
I love it!!  What other highway department
would ask you to be polite??

 

 

Although it was a hazy day,
when the Rockies showed up
they were VERY impressive.

 

 

We stopped in Polson and were able to buy
gasoline at 17 cents under the price
we had seen everywhere else in Montana so far.
Never thought I’d hear myself say that $3.519
was a bargain!

 

We had made a reservation at Glacier Campground
in West Glacier, Montana for a site with
water and 30 amp electric
for $27.50 with Good Sam discount
in order to make sure we had a spot to go to
and to give us close access (1 mile to the Park entrance)
to check out Apgar Campground.

Glacier Campground is a nice park,
heavily wooded, with 175 sites which are not
too close to each other.  We are in F10
which is a lovely site.
Although we had a bit of trouble getting
level without taking both back tires off the ground.
But we managed and really like the site.

 

 

After set up, as usual, we took off for the
Visitors Center at Apgar Village just beyond the
West Entrance to the Park.

 

It’s a very small visitor center but it still had the passport stamp.  “:-)

We picked up information on
the hiking trails, the
shuttle bus, the evening
programs and the stops along Going To The Sun Road.

 

We read this report from June 29 on an
“Aggressive Mountain Lion” in Upper McDonald Creek.
Let’s see, that was 2 months ago….whew!

 

 

We walked around the village and to the shore
of Lake MacDonald.

 

 

The Apgar Village Lodge
is just like something you remember from the 50’s
with its red geraniums and darling little cabins.

 

 

 

Looks like a great place to stay if you
aren’t driving your home around with you.

 

 

 

We hiked along McDonald Creek
where we saw a nice beaver dam
but unfortunately no beavers.

 

 

 

 

On the way back to the car we
passed the Apgar School House
The sign over the door said - 1915 to 1958.
Of course it has been turned into a gift shop.

 

 

We took a swing by the Apgar campground
which will accommodate rigs up to 40’
but it has no hook ups.  We could see that it is totally
wooded so no trying out the solar panels here.
We’re planning to come back tomorrow
morning and run around it to check out the
sites more thoroughly.
We’ll keep you posted.