Ramblings from a Red Bus (Part 1 of 3)

Bird Woman Falls

This week, we made our first-ever trip to Glacier National Park. Knowing that the driver, whomever that might be, has to watch the road, not the scenery, we decided to invest in tickets to ride one of the historic Red Buses. It was worth every penny! Our driver, Gus, "made" the trip for us! He was informative and entertaining. He made all of the "planned" stops, as well as some stops that are not on every driver's itinerary. When traffic allowed, he stopped the bus so that we could stand up through the open roof and take pictures. (If you ever go, ASK FOR GUS!!!)

Jackson Glacier 

After eight hours on the bus, we grabbed dinner and set out to explore on our own. Ashley had read in the park newspaper that the North Fork has the highest concentration of bears, wolves, and moose in the park, so we wandered that way. Unfortunately, all we saw was deer. But it was a pretty evening for a drive. We ended up in the tiny town of Polebridge ~ tiny even by Montana standards. I was ready to call it a day, but it was only six more miles out to a lake, so we took a really bumpy, narrow road out to the Bowman Campground. It was getting dark, but there was still enough light for photos of the lake and surrounding mountains. On the way back out, we got just enough rain to create brilliant double rainbows. It was a fitting end to a very full day. 

Bowman Lake

A family of mountain goats

Triple Arches

This just might be my favorite picture out of the 500 we took!