Logan Pass July 29

Logan Pass July 29
Today we drove to St. Mary’s Visitor’s Center where we watched a video and then caught  a shuttle bus up to Logan’s Pass on the “Going to the Sun Road.” The driver was a bit over the top, he seemed to enjoy hitting bumps as fast as he could, so we got off at the Rising Sun stop and had a coffee to warm up before catching the next shuttle.

It’s an amazing road – very steep and narrow.  Logan Pass is at the top, sitting on a big ranging view. The fog was lifting as we arrived and that helped warm us up a bit. We saw a mountain goat having a snooze right above a corner of the road, I guess it didn’t mind the noise and activity. There were lovely meadows of grass and wild flowers and huge striated peaks all around. We went out on the Highline Trail and seem as I am afraid of heights, I tried to not look down to the road below, but it had a pretty spectacular view.

The Highline Trail - no seatbelts or parachutes.  Looking down - so far down!

Dick standing on the edge of the abyss - he is relaxed!

Unfortunately,a hiker lost his life earlier this year hiking over a snowy patch of the trail when it was closed.

We shuttled down to hike into St. Mary’s Falls which were really pretty. There’s a bridge over the river where we could stand and look over at them.  The bridge now has rails on both sides, but before it only had a rail on one side and a lady died there after falling off into the falls while taking a picture.

Flowers high up in a meadow

Be brave - encouraged Gaila

After the falls we had to head back because Baloo was in the trailer but we missed the shuttle, it drove away as our heads appeared at road level. As the next one wouldn’t come for another 45 minutes I tried hitching a ride, but no luck. Gaila and Dick enjoyed the show. It was a good opportunity to chat with other hikers. Some of them looked pretty tired and stiff – but everyone seemed so happy to be in this beautiful park.

 Hitching a ride....

Gaila and Dick laughing at my efforts to get a ride