We have heard all across the country that there is a road in Glacier Park, Montana that will change our lives and we had to take it. Ok, a road that will change our lives… We’ll see…
When I last left you, we had just left Yellowstone and staying in a tiny town just into Montana, Livingston. We stayed at the Livingston Inn. If you are ever in Montana, I highly suggest it. It is not the Ritz that I am used to, but the innkeepers were spectacular. The rooms are newly remodeled in a western motif. The walls were lined with 524 original pictures that they have taken each with a little saying of where they were taken and by whom. A couple that you might be interested in… A close up picture of a smiling (or not so much) grizzly bear, the caption… I finally got my wife about 12 feet from a grizzly, out of the sunroof. Another, picture of a mountain lion in a tree snarling, the caption… How to make a cougar snarl? Poke him in the balls with a stick.
We had an absolutely beautiful drive to Glacier National park. It is amazing to me how some states go from completely flat to elevations of ten thousand feet in miles. We took the scenic route and passed about 20 cars the entire way. I started waving to every car that went by. I finally got one to wave back. We then started waving to all the farmers. They were very friendly. We traveled through many small towns; many looked as though they were ghost towns. Others, just as cute as could be. Each town whether it was made up of log cabins and farms, or a farm and three trailers all had a small church. Some of the churches did not look like they would hold even ten people. It is good to have spirituality on your side. We have many photos of mountains off in the distance and you could see the spirit of the Blackfeet shining through. We are all spiritual machines with capabilities beyond imagination.
Great Falls was an interesting town. They had check a child day care, casinos in the Laundromat, only one starbucks and ho paint and supplies…
As soon as we entered Glacier National Park, there was the largest purple spoon; we knew this was going to be a unique experience. The scenery was amazing. The Rocky Mountains are actually rocky. It never occurred to me that they would be mostly rock. Not sure why, just didn’t.
As we were driving up the mountain to Two Medicine Lake where we were going to make camp for the night, a Park Ranger had someone pulled over. Katie took one look at him and said, “Why couldn’t he pull us over instead of the Ranger in Yellowstone?” Yes, you guessed it; he was indeed a cutie… We started calling him Ranger Rick. How many of you read Ranger Rick magazine when you were younger? One of my personal favorites!
Just a quick side note… Have you ever wondered how they determine what color lifesaver starts the roll? Is it the same in every roll? Does each roll contain the same number of each color? Or is it just totally random? A dance of the lifesaver rolls perhaps?
Ok, back to Ranger Rick, or so it turns out, Ranger Scott, a very nice young man from Illinois making his life as a National Park Ranger. Very informative about all the different hiking trails and scenic boat rides available to take. We asked about wildlife, plants and such and he was not so helpful after all. But indeed still a cutie and cooperative. We ran into him in the street after dark and Katie and I played a game of 20 questions with him, although he did not know he was playing. We just fired question after question at him. He was very impressed of the questions we asked him. Some ranging from very simple about him to off the wall questions like, “does your mom have a type A personality?” He was a great sport and answered all the questions.
He stopped by in the morning to have tea with us and make sure that we made it through the night alright and then proceeded to stalk us for the rest of our stay in Two Medicine. It was ok with me cause, still indeed a cutie. That evening, he stopped by to show us how to properly make a campfire (not sure what it is with Rangers thinking that we do not know how to make a campfire…) Turns out, Ranger Scott is not so good at the campfires either. It was a sad excuse for a campfire. I of course gave him an awful hard time about it. I did have two bottles of wine in me, so most of you know how mouthy I get when I am drinking.
We hiked to the top of Aster park view point. Not as far of a hike as in the Black Hills, but higher. Beautiful views. If you get a chance, please check out the photos. Again, the pics that are being posted on Facebook are not the best ones. I need to have something to tempt you with when I get home and want to see you.
It was so cold Wednesday morning we were up, dressed and packed up before 9AM. That is about the time that Kate is normally waking me up. We traveled the hour and four minutes to Many Glacier where we saddled up and took a two hour scenic trail ride by horse. My horse was Red. He liked to go to the left. He only ran me into three different trees. The wranglers put a “bugger” bag on him, (which is like a feed bag so they do not want to stop and eat every tasty morsel they come across). But alas, he didn’t like that idea and was always looking for something to put in his mouth. The first couple of time it was pretty flowers. So I am going to go with the idea that he thought I was pretty and he was trying to be a nice guy and give me flowers and court me…
Hey, guess what?!?!?! I went horseback riding in the Rocky Mountains in Montana! I am a lucky girl to be able to say that. Not a lot of people get to. But if you have the chance, I highly recommend it!
After our strenuous trail ride, we had to stop for lunch. What better place than Two Sista’s Café? It was MMMGOOD and they had GR8PIES or so the signs out front said. On the roof of the building, a welcoming sign for aliens. The bathroom was outside and around the corner. Where else would it be? We had a Huckleberry milkshake and Huckleberry lemon bread pudding with a huckleberry crème glaze for dessert. I know, it doesn’t get any better… We did after all have to get out strength up for our trip to the sun.
Going to the sun Road. This road is absolutely mind altering, life changing, peaceful, out of this world. The pictures look fake. You would never even dream that there would be a place that looks like this. I am still contemplating all of the feelings and positive energy that we experienced on that journey. If that was the only thing I got to see in my entire life, it would be worth it. I do not have the words to properly describe this right now. I am still in awe.
Down off the mountain and through Idaho we went. Over the river to Spokane, Washington to see Kate’s friend Spencer and spend a couple days. We rolled in around 11 PM on Wednesday night. Just in time to zonk out for the night. Up in the morning, we showered! YES!!! A shower, first time in four days! Had a mediocre lunch and then I took myself to the ER. I have been having pain in my arm and elbow. It had gotten so bad that I could not squeeze the shampoo out of the bottle this morning. Turns out it is just acute tendonitis. The doctor recommended the RICE Massage. Some of you might be wondering what RICE massage is. Rest, Ice, Compress and Elevate. Massage it as often as possible. Good thing I have a certified massage therapist on the road with me…
Just a quick note about Spokane… crazy road system here! They never heard of grid planning. Even our GPS got lost. Luckily, I have a built in GPS chip in my head and was able to get us unlost. I think I might be part of some governmental experiment and no one knows it.
Friday we are off to the Seattle area. We finally made it to the west coast!
The Gateways to wisdom and knowledge are always open.
Practice limitless awareness and let yourself be as infinite as the heavens.
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