Day 20

Day 20

Snow pack at Logan Pass

Today we drove the "Going to the Sun Road". It was a beautiful drive on a not so beautiful day. As we climbed higher and higher the temperature dropped and the snow pack grew. We hit some construction along the way which made the drive longer  so we got to camp at Rising Sun in the afternoon. Our drive took us through Logan Pass where we were originally thinking of doing a hike to Hidden Lake, but the trail was still covered in snow and we didn't pack our cramp-ons.

Our first stop was Sunrift Gorge where we saw a Grizzly bear. Since the bear was on the other side of the small gorge we were able to see it much closer than most people can view a bear while still being safe. After the excitement we took a short walk to Baring Falls and then another walk to St Mary falls. We ended our exploring at Sun Point which is a beautiful lookout over St Mary Lake.

St Mary Falls

Saint Mary Lake

After dinner cleanup we went to the Ranger Program. Tonight's was pretty unique / cheesy. It was called music of the park and consisted of a ranger putting poetry about the park to music. David wasn't impressed, but Lauren got into it especially when he began playing the guitar behind his head. She is so easily impressed. We topped the night off with another round of s'mores. This time we cheated and just used the camp stove, but they were still delicious!

On the "Going to the Sun" Road