Days 23, 24 & 25, Zero days in Whitefish

Day 23 This day we really just migrated from Missoula to Whitefish and settled into our new surroundings.

But the next day, day 24, my wife and I got up and went for a walk to Whitefish Lake and fetched some bagels. And in the late morning, my son Leif joined us in going for a hike up Whitefish Mountain. Even though it is a ski resort mountain, it was a wonderful hike. Lots of wildflowers and Views. It was pretty clear and we could see Flathead Lake and Glacier in the distance.

On day 25 we went to Glacier National Park and had a timed ticket to drive Going to the Sun Road. On the way my son spotted a Moose. The cloud ceiling was a little low but it was high enough we weren’t in the fog till we got to the very top of Logan Pass. I was driving and the road is a little hairy at places. Beth, my wife, was a little uneasy about the road, or was it my driving? We will never know. The road bed was blasted out of a cliff in places, it is curvy and has two way traffic so it is understandable that my wife would be worried with a lesser driver at the wheel.

After crossing Logan Pass, we noticed there were a lot of cars parked next to a ravine and I saw there was a bear. It was rather dark for a Grizzly but with that hump on his shoulders and the general body outline there was no mistaking, it was a Grizzly.

This picture is zoomed in and cropped, we were not close to this bear.

The drive through Glacier on Going to the Sun Road was stellar when we got to the other side we had to decide whether we turn around and head back through the park or drive South and circle around the bottom of the park back to Whitefish. We chose the latter with the hope that we might get to see some Mountain Goats at the goat lick right off route 2 on the way back. No goats.☹️

By this time it was becoming apparent that Glacier was going to get a snow storm tonight, less than a week and a half from the 1st of July! Instead of getting on my bike the next morning and riding it with all my gear up Going to the Sun Road and continuing on my tour, I would have to take another zero day or maybe a few….