Day 13 Saturday September 25 We drove to East Glacier and then took hwy 49 to Two Medicine entrance to the park. The area is a lake surrounded by mountains.
We saw lots of mountain goats (none very close) and a couple of mountain sheep. It was very windy due to high pressure coming. It is a very beautiful place. On the way out we took a short hike to Running Bear Falls also known as “Trick” Falls because part if the year the water comes over the top of the wall and in low water times comes though the rock.
We left and drove to Browning which is on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation and went to the Museum of the Plains Indians. A very interesting place showing native clothes, implements, and ways they made things and lived. On the way out of Browning we drove past the Blackfoot Bison reserve and saw about a couple hundred bison.
Got back late again to the motor home and had pizza for dinner. Day 14 Sunday September 26 Took the day off, sort of. After breakfast, we did the laundry, the first time on the trip. After lunch I washed Goldie who was very dirty, muddy after our trips on the back roads. Noticed one of the tires was low and found and aluminum? something imbedded in the tire. Will go to Les Schwab in the morning. We ate a nice leisurely dinner. After dinner watched Sunday Night Football. Went to bed early in preparation to go to St. Mary on the East side of the park. Day 15 Monday September 27 We went to Les Schwab and got the tire fixed. Somehow picked up a horse shoe nail. Then off to St. Mary on the East side of Glacier park. Drove up to Logan pass where we ate lunch.
We headed back down the stopping several places along the way. We went for a hike to St. Mary Falls, a 3.2 mile round trip. Beautiful falls.
The drive over and back was spectacular due to all the aspen trees turning yellow, glimmering in the sun.
Another fun day. Day 16 Tuesday September 28 We cleaned up the motor home again in anticipation of company for dinner. We went to friends to pick up the clams and salmon we had left in their freezer. We had a very nice dinner with Matt and Linda and enjoyed talking about old times. Day 17 Wednesday September 29 Went rock hounding today. Headed North on 93 from Kalispell to Olney where we headed West into the mountains. We stopped and had a short hike to Martin Falls.
The rock hound site was hike
about half a mile where we got some “limonite after pyrite” meaning pyrite that had been decomposed by heat and oxygen to iron hydroxide.
Very nice weather and had a fun time with sledge hammer and chisel beating on the rock. We got a few nice samples which were fragile and hard to get out intact. Day 18 Thursday September 30 We went with Matt and Linda to Glacier NP and did the Trail of the Cedars walk.
Very pretty stroll through cedars along Avalanche Creek.
After the hike we drove to Izaak Walton Hotel which is the old railroad train station on hwy 2 at Essex. We had a nice lunch. The place is full of railroad memorabilia.
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