Up very early. We pulled out at 7am. Dropped the rental car off on our way out of town heading to Hungry Horse, MT near Glacier NP about a 425 mile drive. We expect it to take 8-10 hours.Gas stop #1 : 44809 miles, $3.97 per gal, $213. 432 miles @ 8 miles per gal
Lunch was sandwiches as we drove.
Gas stop #2 : 45050 miles, $3.99 per gal, $100. 240 miles @ 10 miles per gal
We arrived at the Mountain Meadow RV Park at 3:30. We made very good time. Lovely little RV park, completely treed, small lake for fishing, located 8 miles from the west entrance of Glacier. This park has internet service but our slot is too far away from the office to receive it.
We’ll have to walk over to the office.
At YS we heard that the Going to the Sun Road is not yet open all the way through. They had 11 inches of snow a couple of days ago and have 11+ feet on the ground. Our plan was to rent a car and drive from West Glacier to St Mary (east side of Glacier) on this spectacular road.
Obviously our plans will change. The 51-mile road is open about 25 miles in on the west side, all the way to Avalanche. This road has been plowed 3-4 times already. Every time they have plowed it an avalanche of snow has plopped back down on the road. We continually hear from locals that this past winter was a big snow winter.
We need some “down” time so Ray napped, the boys went exploring, and I settled in (i.e. made coffee) then read and blogged. Dinner was Sloppy Joes – they are just easy!
I am really looking forward to this park.
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I believe ANYthing you tell us about the snow this year...Hurricane Ridge in the Olympics was pictured with its recent snow. We are having such a marvelous time reading your travelog and am just so thrilled that y'all have gotten to do and see so much! See you soonh!
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