Last Sunday we went up the Going-to-the-Sun Road on the Montana side of Glacier National which is a SPECTACULAR 52 mile, two-lane highway built back in 1932 which spans the width of Glacier National Park from east to west.

We entered on the east side and went almost all the way to the west side before turning back to retrace our path. While traversing this road, we encountered all types of terrain from glacial lakes and cedar forests in the lower valleys to the alpine tundra atop the pass. I’ll post some pictures of each of these areas in soon-to-come blog entries.

The morning fog was pretty thick at time making the road hard to see.

We were hoping the fog would burn off by the time we returned so that Michaela wouldn’t miss the beautiful mountain scenery.
By the time we had lunch and came back the fog had burned off and we had a gorgeous drive back down the mountain.
I want to show pictures of the road for Michaela’s mom’s sake. She is a little worried about us driving through the Alps when we’re traveling from Germany to Italy in a couple of weeks. I’m guessing (hoping might be a better word) that road can’t be much worse than this road! It’s actually a decent road, but there’s very little margin for error.
The Going-To-The-Sun Road was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and in 1985 is was made a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Click on the link in the previous sentence to read about the process of building this magnificent road.

German note for Michaela’s friends and family: Die naechsten Bilder sind extra fuer dich, Mama. Sie zeigen die Strasse im Glacier National Park, die wir gefahren sind. Du brauchst dir also keine Sorgen zu machen, dass wir in den Alpen Probleme mit den engen, kurvigen Strassen haben werden.