We left the RV this morning a little before 11:00 to drive up the Going to the Sun Road here in Glacier National Park. Because of the heavy snowfall here this winter and they are still plowing parts of it. There is about 13 miles open for auto traffic on this side (east).
We rounded a bend in the road and came to a quick stop because there were 2 vehicles stopped on the edge of the road. The reason? A mother black bear and her cub were feeding alongside the road. Mike got this movie of the bear cub running across the road to join Mama.
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We tried taking a movie of the mother, but the glare through the windshield faded it out. I managed to cut a frame from the video for a photo.
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Jackson Glacier Overlook was as far as we could go. We did get a photo of the Jackson Glacier.
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A portion of the road had been cleared from an earlier avalanche and we saw debris left behind from the avalanche.
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We stopped at a pull-off and let Tinker play in the snow - he had a great time!
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We turned off to go down by the Sun Point Trail and had a snack at the picnic tables there. I walked part of the way down the trail to get some photos.
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On the way back up to the road we saw this moose in the road ahead of us.
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We stopped at the Wild Goose Island scenic pull-off and took a photo of us using our tripod.
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We stopped at the St. Mary Visitor Center to get some postcards and look at the exhibits before heading back to the RV.
I took these photos tonight to show how light it is at 9:45 p.m. and it's 37° outside.
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