Sunday, August 19, 2007

Day 50 - Great Falls Montana to Glacier National Park

We started today by going to a church service here in Great Falls. We ran into a local person at the KOA who recommended their church. Then it was a short mile drive over to the Home Depot for the final toilet fix. Praise God, the toilet was easily fixed and we are now back in business. Wouldn’t you know that the one night we had to walk to use the toilet in the middle of the night Brandon had an upset stomach and had to make several trips. Thankfully, we were pretty close to the restrooms. The drive to Glacier National Park was interesting. We drove through tons of fields of wheat, not exactly what I would have guessed for Northern Montana. As we got closer to the mountains it was pretty clear there were fires as you could see the thick smoke surrounding everything, it almost appeared slightly foggy. The main road through Glacier is pretty hard driving so they limit vehicles to 21 feet or shorter. I’m about 25 feet with all our bikes hanging off the front and back. But, they just started a free bus service through the park this year. We’ll take advantage of that tomorrow. Just before the sun went down tonight the wind shifted and we actually got to see the tops of the mountains, another beautiful view.

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