After three fairly grueling days of pedaling we are enjoying a very welcome day off the bikes in Waterton Lakes. Our first two nights were at the wonderful old Glacier Park Lodges -- lake MacDonald and Many Glacier. Our second riding day (60 miles) featured the eleven mile climb up Logan Pass on the Going to the Sun Road. Incredible scenery when you could look up to view it. It was a long climb, but we all made it. At least one of us was surprised.
We have had several animal sightings. A cow moose with two calves grazed the shore while we had breakfast at Many Glacier. Jon was slightly non-plussed when a six foot black bear stood up beside him as we climbed Chief Mountain yesterday. Jim saw a grizzley run across the road as we came into Waterton.
Today we've done everything but get on the bikes. This morning wasa leisurely cruise on the MV International from the town dock to Goat Haunt in Montana at the end of the lake. Goat Haunt is an offical border crossing, but is reached only be boat or a thirty-two mile hike from Glacier. The customs officials stamped passports at a card table alongside the trail. Dinner tonight at the famous Prince of Wales Hotel, which sits high above the town.
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