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On the Going-to-the-Sun Road Near Logan Pass (Continental Divide) (Original Post) Bo Zarts Oct 2023 OP
K&R! 2naSalit Oct 2023 #1
excellent !! stopdiggin Oct 2023 #2
EVERYONE should take a drive like this at some point in their lives. calimary Oct 2023 #3
As featured during the opening credits of "The Shining" Blue Owl Oct 2023 #4
I've been on that road, it's spectacular. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #5
15 yrs or so ago spouse and I made that drive... ret5hd Oct 2023 #6
Been there TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #7
Just lovely. Thank you for sharing. niyad Oct 2023 #8
Beautiful! n/t iluvtennis Oct 2023 #9
You can almost smell the crisp, cool air. (NT) HuskyOffset Oct 2023 #10
Beautiful place uppityperson Oct 2023 #11
A real must do driving adventure! BlueIdaho Oct 2023 #12
The Highway Name and the Scenery have Been Evocative for Me Since Childhood The Roux Comes First Oct 2023 #13
Thank you! TdeV Oct 2023 #14

calimary

(84,645 posts)
3. EVERYONE should take a drive like this at some point in their lives.
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 11:28 AM
Oct 2023

And just ponder the grandeur - majesty that is beyond time and human hands.

Really kinda puts ya in yer place.

Blue Owl

(54,933 posts)
4. As featured during the opening credits of "The Shining"
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 11:46 AM
Oct 2023

The ascent into Jack Nicholson's madness....

Ocelot II

(121,524 posts)
5. I've been on that road, it's spectacular.
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 12:06 PM
Oct 2023

And there's a helluva drop if you get too close to the edge.

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)
6. 15 yrs or so ago spouse and I made that drive...
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 12:17 PM
Oct 2023

Kinda funny story (in a "I'm pretty stupid" kind of way):

We flew to Calgary, then rented a car to drive to GNP. We went thru the border checkpoint into the USA no problem...little more than a couple of gates, one on Canada side one on USA side.

On the way back we got to the Canada gate and it was a younger (than us) woman, very starched and pressed looking, and she was asking us the regular ole questions...how long, purpose of visit, etc.

She then asked if we had any cigarettes...I said "SURE!!!", reached in my shirt pocket, grabbed my pack, shook one out for her to take, and offered it to her.

She looked at me like I was an idiot and told me to go on.

Of course, she was really asking if I was bringing cigarettes into Canada in a smuggling sense, not if she could have a cigarette.

It took me like 2 or 3 minutes to figure it out.

 

TexasDem69

(2,317 posts)
7. Been there
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 12:47 PM
Oct 2023

Decades ago when we lived in Montana. Glacier is a beautiful park and much less crowded than Yellowstone or others

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
12. A real must do driving adventure!
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 02:04 PM
Oct 2023

I’m surprised it’s still open at this time of year…

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