
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.
 
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