THE road in Glacier NP (part 1) everyone takes

In some parks you must be content to see the mountains from a distance but here the road goes right up into what the Blackfeet Indians called the "backbone of the world". An amazing construction job -both to build and to maintain/rebuild from every winter's damage.

Going West to East meant the passenger had all the great lookdown views which Ava loved (not:); she just kept saying to me: "left eye one the yellow line, right eye on the white". At least where there was sort of a rail and a pullout we got out to be wowed. You can see which way my sweetie is leaning!

You climb and climb and all the while the mountains, glacier-fed waterfalls and deep valleys make you want to just stop and look.

Near the pass we ran into this year's construction and had to wait since they were rebuilding half the road that winter had pushed down the mountain. You'll notice this track is two-way and that red, long wagon is the signature Glacier carriages they still run for tourists. We were told the wait would not be too long, they were scheduled to be through with this job in 2012!