This post begins in the
Kootenai National Forest and heads toward Grouse Mountain Lodge in Whitefish
Montana.
After spending our first
evening in this beautiful lodge and getting some good rest from all of the
travel, we checked the weather forecast and then set out for a day in Waterton
Canada.
Since we could not get into Glacier National Park, due to the government SHUTDOWN, we decided to purchase expedited Passports and have health certificates done for both dogs, so we could visit Waterton.
Since we could not get into Glacier National Park, due to the government SHUTDOWN, we decided to purchase expedited Passports and have health certificates done for both dogs, so we could visit Waterton.
We were traveling the Southern rim of Glacier NP, and
heading toward the border crossing, on Highway 49, a scenic drive also called Looking Glass Highway.
* 2 Notes
here...our cell phones had quit working on day one of journey and so we had no
means to communicate, in case of emergency.
And my husby is an x-police officer from
many years ago, and he is an excellent driver...
We got into a snowstorm, and the roads quickly
became very slick.
At times we could not even see very far in front of the car
and the only human being that we saw the whole drive was the man on the
bicycle.
It was getting worse by the minute and we were still 47 miles
approximately from the Canadian border.
Guess what?
The husby and I decided it was not worth the risk, we
were on a road we had never traveled, we had no cell phones, we had not seen any
other vehicles so far and so we stopped at the next little town which was closed for the season.
We drove back to the
lodge, filled with mixed emotions, but ever so thankful to be back safe and
sound.
It ended up taking 7 hours to make that little round trip drive.
Next
year...Canada bound!
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A beautifully marked Harlans Hawk soared along side an equally beautiful Western Red-tailed Hawk in Kootenai~
Every day, I would announce to the husby what kind of wildlife we would see that day and he would announce back..."sure we will"...and we usually saw nothing that I had mentioned.
However on this particular day, we were in good fortune, as I had announced that we would see a Moose, and we did ;)
A downed Aspen tree still holding her charm~
And then came the snow and slick roads...but oh so very pretty~
American Coots
A Western Red-tailed Hawk having some trouble staying latched onto it's perch as the wind blew snow all around.
Both it and the livestock out in the fields seemed to struggle~
A mother cow licks the face of her calf, keeping it's airways free of the snow, and another Western Red-tailed Hawk high in a tree as the snow begins to fall~
