Hungry Horse, MT - Glacier National Park

 June 21st - June 23rd

Mountain Meadows RV Park

Mountain Meadow's office

Pond across from office

 

Mountain Meadow offers 56 wooded RV spots and is only 9 miles to Glacier National Park’s west entrance. This park is very wooded and the road to our site was at times narrow and steep.  Once we arrived at our spot in the woods, we quickly discovered our site was a very narrow, shady one perched on the mountainside with barely any ground to step out on.  Even though it was a pull-thru, it was a tight fit.  We thought we were going to have to measure the site and the rig so that we could open the slide-outs all of the way. 

We quickly tested the available cell networks and found that it was at 0 bars.  No bueno! as Dennis needed to work!  After driving around to ALL of the other parks within a 25-mile radius, we discovered that none of the RV parks had enough signal for him to work.  So he contacted his boss and got permission to skip work for a few days in order to just visit Glacier and move to a new location.

 

Glacier National Park

 

West Gate

 

On Monday, we attempted to go into Glacier National Park for the first time but were turned away at the gate.  We were informed they were restricting the total number of cars in the park due to Covid-19. 

 

We also found out from the nice person at the gate that our truck is too big to travel on the road called "Going-to-the-Sun".   We were so not happy even though we found out the pass wasn't open to anyone yet due to snow still on the roads, it was still upsetting.  So the next time we will plan on going later in the year AND rent a jeep!

 

So the next morning, we got up stupid early to made sure we were one of the first ones into the park.  This still didn't give us access to the entire park, but at least we were allowed in and were able to drive the first 16 miles that lead up to Logan's Pass.

 

 

 

 

For you guys (like us) who are clueless about the two-lane road called, Going-to-the-Sun inside Glacier Nat'l Park,  it is the only road that traverses the park and is 50 miles long.  It is a very narrow, winding road with hairpin turns.  Consequently, vehicles over 21 ft long, 19 ft high, and 8 ft wide are not allowed to go beyond Logan Pass from the west gate.  We were also informed it could take hours to travel the 50 miles.  So be prepared for a long day.

 

Going-to-the-Sun! The road left untraveled :-(

Moving on way too soon!

Since our adventure at Glacier Nat'l Park was put on hold and we couldn't find a park in the area with good cell service, we decided just to move on down the road toward our next destination. And so we continue our journey west to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Dennis' two cents:  So who knew that "I'll be your Huckleberry!" was a reference to real life... it appears that there really IS a fruit called a huckleberry.  In Happy Horse, one could find just about any product featuring this fruit; pies, jam, jelly, and and and...