We awoke to cloudy skies at Wayfarers, but no rain. After putting everything away and filling the
water tanks, we headed to Kalispell where we did some grocery shopping. From there we followed Route 2 east and
around the southern edge of Glacier National Park, our RV being too long to be
permitted on Going-to-the-Sun Road through the park. (As we found out later, that road is still
closed due to snow!)
Our current campsite is in St. Mary Campground at
Glacier. Here’s a picture of the
visitors center:
We have finally gotten out of the rain, but the temperatures
are much lower and it is extremely windy.
Tonight it’s supposed to drop into the 30’s.
Our site is good but very narrow and “backward” so that the
table and fire ring are on the opposite side from our door. In addition, the parking area is very narrow,
with trees and shrubs close in on both sides.
Still the view of the mountains is pretty spectacular.
We walked to the visitors center in late afternoon and found
out that the shuttle buses to take visitors into various areas of the park are
not yet running (from Apgar to St. Mary) as it is “too early in the season” and
the road is still closed due to
snow. So tomorrow if we want to see more
of the park, we’ll need to drive the RV in.
We’re limited to a location six miles from St. Mary, but it might be
worthwhile driving that far, then exploring that area a bit. This being a national park, our dog is not
welcome on hiking trails, so Ranger will likely spend much of the day in the
RV.
This campground, like the last one, does not have
electricity, so we are working off the batteries, using minimal electric
power---much more like real camping.
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