It's been a busy few days and it's time to do an update.

On Tuesday, Steve took me up to the Whitefish Mountain Resort, just outside of town.  read more »

Here's the new update from Whitefish, Montana.

We finished up in Los Angeles by visiting the Griffith Observatory

Everyone,

It's time to head out of Kalispell and drive down to Jackson, Wyoming.

Yesterday, I drove into Glacier for the last day of the season for Going-to-the-Sun Road. It was cool, as usual, up at Logan Pass -- but the restrooms were closed which is not usual.

I headed out on the Garden Wall section of the High Line Trail from the trailhead at Logan. It was an interesting combination of wind and sun on the trail . . . I was a little uncertain about it at first, but that just goes to show my inexperience with these things.  read more »

Everyone,

Yesterday, I decided to hike the Grinnell Glacier Trail. I also decided to drive around the southern end of Glacier National Park on US Route 2 just for a change of pace. It was a very scenic drive and well worth the extra miles. The time was about the same or less, I'd guess, to driving the Going-to-the-Sun Road since the speed was much higher and there were no construction delays.  read more »

Everyone,

Yesterday morning I stopped in at the ranger station information desk and learned a couple of things. The park shuttles stopped running after Labor Day is one -- and the other was a recommendation to head to the Many Glacier section of the park.

I had never been to that part of the park and, for no particular reason, hadn't really thought about visiting there. It is farther north than the Going-to-the-Sun Road and is accessible only from the east side of the park; I am staying south and west of the park.  read more »