Salty Lakes and Glaciers

We left Moab last Wednesday, May 21st, headed for Hill AFB north of Salt Lake City. They have a nice RV park on the air base and we used that spot as our base for exploring Salt Lake City. We spent all day Thursday and part of the evening exploring Temple Square, a nearby museum of modern art (some of the art was VERY modern), and the railroad station where the east and west lines met for the first time.

We caught a movie in the afternoon (Mad Max) and got a tour of the Mormon conference center where we got a great view of Temple Square from the roof. We could not go inside the Temple but we did see an impressive model of what the interior looks like.

After the tour we dropped by the Mormon Tabernacle to watch the choir practice for a bit. It was fun to see the choir director throw up his hands and get excited when the choir did not sound the way he thought it should. A wonderful 'behind the scenes' view of one of the best choirs in the world.

We left Salt Lake Friday morning headed for Glacier, over 600 miles away. Since Charles was still fighting a cold we decided to stop for the night at Walmart in Missoula, MT. That left us an easy 115 miles to cover the next day. We arrived at the RV park and relaxed the rest of the day.

Sunday we took a trip into Glacier from the West side and drove part of the way on the 'Going to the Sun' road. We're always here too early for the road to be open, one of these days we'll see Logan Pass and the hidden lake.

We took a few nice walks and had a quiet visit on the northeast side of Lake McDonald, away from the crowds. Topped off the morning by visiting the lodge for coffee and huckleberry pie (the best huckleberry pie we've had so far).

We headed to Big Fork for the afternoon to catch the last part of the Whitewater Festival. The races down the 'wild mile' from the dam to the lake were really exciting and we got some great photos.

Another day of chores and sightseeing then we head north on Wednesday morning. Our next stop is the Canadian border!

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