Yesterday I spent my time going from Livingstion, MT to East Glacier Park, MT via US-90. It was a pretty good albeit windy ride. I had planned on camping at Glacier National Park but by the time I got to East Glacier Park (that's the city's name not the actual park) night was already falling. Glacier National Park was another 50 miles away and I just didn't want to risk windy wilderness roads that I didn't know without the benefit of daylight. There was a park called Two Medicine National Park, but all of their campsites were full and the staff wasn't very helpful in assisting me with finding alternative accommodations. I returned to East Glacier Park and went to a gas station to see if they could point me in the right direction. They said that there was an RV park called the Y Lazy R that provided tent camping as well and gave me directions. Fortunately they had space for me and I was able to stay there. All I really needed was a patch of grass and a bathroom and that fit the bill perfectly. I got my camp set up, made dinner and went to bed. It was pretty chilly so I was in fully mummy mode in my sleeping bag.
I woke up in the morning with every intention of just hopping on US-2 west and making my way into Washington. When I got up my camping neighbor (also a motorcylist) told me about the Road to the Sun and Logan's Pass in Glacier National Park. He said it was a must ride and that it'd be a shame for me to be so close and to miss it. With such a hearty recommendation, how could I pass it up? I packed up my bike and headed north to the park. It was an amazing ride up the mountain. I've never experienced views as good as that. It's a really tight windy 50 mile ride from the east end of the park to the west end. It is a very popular thing to do and there was a lot of traffic. Honestly, I was happy for the traffic because it kept the speeds really low which meant less of a chance for me to get into trouble. After riding through Glacier I hopped on US-2 West and headed into Idaho. I stopped to camp 55 miles from Spokane Washington. It wasn't a very productive 327 miles today, but it was fun.
