This morning we covered the last miles to reach our first major destination of this trip: Glacier National Park.
We stopped for a morning coffee break in Chester, MT. This was also a repeat stop from our 2015 trip.
We made it to our campground for the next two days (just a mile from the St. Mary entrance) about 12:15. We were able to set up and have lunch and then switch to driving the Jetta for the rest of the day.
First things first — a trip to the Curley Bear Caffe for some ice cream. Jim remembered right where that was located!
We took a short hike to see the original 1913 Ranger Station (this is one of the restored buildings on the site) …
Then we drove part of the way up the Going to the Sun Road. We were paralleling a boat on the St. Mary’s Lake below us.
On the way back we saw the boat launch for these tour boats.
We stopped to view the Sunrift Gorge area with many beautiful waterfalls along the way.
Then it was back to campground for some preparations for tomorrow’s visit to the Many Glacier area. Jim also had to make a repair to the tow dolly to secure a fender that was getting loose.
Jim says “Don’t leave home without your navigator” and I say “Don’t leave home without your mechanic” 🙂
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