September 28, 2013

Looks like our plans for today might have changed.  Whitefish, only a few minutes away, might have something for someone of slavic decent.

Whitefish Oktoberfest

Will let you know later if you have to send bail money.

Between the time this day's blog started and the time we got into the car, plans changed.  We decided to head back into Glacier NP.


On the way to the park, we go through a small town called Hungry Horse.  Erma makes about 3700 pies from scratch during a year.  She is only one of many that make them.  A huckleberry is similar to a blueberry only Hucks have seeds.  The average price for a slice is about $4.50 and the price seems to be the same everywhere.

The Hungry Horse clearing ball is 9000 pounds, is 8 ft in diameter, and was used to clear land in 1950.  It was hauled with tractors by cable and could clear the land at a walking man's pace.

On the way into the park it looked like the weather was going to clear until we looked a bit closer.

Today we got as far as the loop ...about 24 miles into the park.  By coincidence, we followed another Maine car.  It was the 2nd seen in 2 days.

This pic was taken looking down over the edge at the Loop, a hairpin turn.  It is also where the road was closed up to Logan Pass.

On the way back down, there are several areas where the heavy rains and snow caused a wash. These areas are common with steep slopes.

Up on a side road on the way back to town is the Hungry Horse Dam.  It is the 11th tallest US Dam.

Quite often there will be an area where a health stand of trees exist.