Glacier National Park

May 26,

We headed into Glacier intending to take the Going to the Sun Road from west to east and then head up to the Canadian Border on the east side of the Rockies. Unfortunately the road had been damaged by the spring melt from what we were told was an unusually high snow fall winter. We could only make it about 16 miles into Glacier before the road closed, so no going up and over the pass for us.

There was still quite a bit of snow on the mountains and melting runoff creating waterfalls everywhere we looked.




We did get to see some nice views of the mountains from Lake McDonald and take a short walk down to this waterfall.








So then it was on to plan B for us…We'd stay on the west side of the continental divide and head into Canada, visiting Banff National Park in Canada.

We had some great views of the Glacier Mountains as we drove up the valley to the border.

















We were all set to be searched by Canadian customs, had our passports out, and had all of kitty's vet papers and international bill of health all ready. The customs agent looked at our passports, asked where we were going, and why. Once he heard Kris was a doctor all he asked was where he went to school and then waved us on our way. No trouble about having the cat -- he didn't even care to see the paperwork -- no searching the car. So we were on our way with no fuss at all...much easier than we expected. Either the words "I'm a doctor" helped or the fact that we had all the paperwork meant that, of course, we wouldn't need it. Now it was off across BC to Banff....