Sights to See: Glacier National Park, Helena Montana, and the drive thru Yellowstone

We started a little late this morning but headed out for a snack breakfast and into Glacier National Park through the West entrance. The main pass through the park was still snowed in and closed so our intentions of taking the 'Going to the Sun' road that traverses the park didn't pan out. We still got in some great scenery and picture taking as we wound around the park to the eastern entrance.

After Glacier we head southeast out to Helena, MT for our lunch time break. We stopped at a great local place called the Staggering Ox. They had the funkiest sandwiches wrapped in some type of tubular bread. Look weird but tasted great. We found a place to self-wash the car and got rid of the nasty bugs all over the front windshield and bumper. It was as disgusting as you think it to be.

Back on the road we cruised through large portions of Indian reservation land - which was gorgeous against the foothills of the glacier mountains. We made great time until we got just outside of Yellowstone and got pulled over by the Montana State Patrol. Now mind you I've never received a speeding ticket before. Yes, never. And if it wasn't for the radar detector, he would have nailed me, but he gave us a warning to slow down so my streak stays intact!!

Yellowstone itself was an absolute wonder. An amazing pristine habitat for all sorts of wild animals. I remarked to Norma that the animals probably have more rights than we do while in the park :) This is where we lost much time on the road since you can't go more than 45mph and it doesn't help when the traffic jam is caused by the herds of Bison crossing the road. The pictures tell it all.

We staggered late into the Grand Teton National Park and made our stay in our cabin for the next two nights. We'll be hitting Old Faithful tomorrow. Here's hoping the weather stays ok.

Lots of pictures from Day 2 here in the Ohio Move section of our gallery.