For Monday, September 5, Labor Day
Waking up in Cut Bank, Montana I was surprised to see that I had slept very near a large statue of Jesus on the cross. That was cool. The statue overlooked the highway.
Cut Bank, Montana campground
Seeing the Rockies in the distances, for the first time in many years
On the way to Glacier National Park, the engine light was off. But then it came back on while leaving an overlook near the park, similar to the situation the other two times. But the car seemed to be running fine.
Overlook east of Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park was my first national park visit in years. I was hoping for some nice scenery. It was fairly warm for September with no chance of snow soon.
I got a nice campsite #19 at Rising Sun Campground with a view of mountains on two sides. And I got introduced to bear country. I had read about it beforehand. But now I was truly in a place where food had to be put away. And tents should stay mostly fragrance-free to minimize attracting bears.
I took the famous Going to the Sun Road. I would have appreciated the road being a few feet wider. But we all got through. Driving a wide RV on that road could be quite stressful. I did okay driving a car along the cliffs above and below me. Even with the driving challenges, it was fun to be back in the mountains.
Small glacial stream coming down the mountain
On the way back to camp, at the continental divide, I stopped at the visitor center
area.
One big horn sheep was acting pretty tame near the visitor center. As I envisioned and predicted, it truly did spend
the most time checking out the Ram pickup.
At the campground, I listened to the ranger program, near my site. Dinner got to be late. But, in most respects, all was well.
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