Left the Eagle Nest RV Park about 9:45 and stopped at Safeway in Polson for groceries and water then hit MT 35 along the Eastern Shore of Flathead Lake.  This path bypassed the busier towns on the western shore and offered beautiful scenery at a more sedate pace.

McDonald Lake, Glacier NP

We pulled into the Town of West Glacier, MT at about 1pm and stopped at the restaurant there for lunch where we had the daily special of turkey on rye with a cup of corn chowder (excellent & spicy). Of course, we had to follow it up with Huckleberry Pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to cut the heat a bit.

Mary on the Trail of Big Cedars

Continuing into Glacier, NP, we were disappointed to discover that we could only drive part way up “Going to the Sun Road” due to remaining 90’ snowdrifts near the summit.  We did however, find “The Trail of Big Cedars” that followed a creek about ½ mile up the mountain and then crossed over and returned.  Lots of really beautiful trees, waterfalls and rock formations.

Since we couldn’t cross Glacier as originally planner, we headed back out of the park to the North American RV Park where we joined 3 other campers in a 100+ space park – lots of solitude among the cottonwoods.