July 28 - Going to the Sun Road again

Decided to go back and ride the Going to the Sun Road again to do some hiking. I rode behind Bill so I could take some pictures while riding. Just as we were getting started on the road, we saw a Grizzly bear cub loping across the road. We drove toward the east end of the park to do some more hiking.

We hiked to the St. Mary Falls trail and saw Virginia and Barring falls as well. We met two guys on the trail who were from State College (can you believe that). They told us about a trail that most people don't travel that would lead to yet another fall so we took that trail as well. It was all so beautiful. Lots of water rushing and roaring down. The water was an aqua blue. Found out that whenever the water is that color it's because it came from a glacier. Wanted to see if the water really was as cold as I thought glacier water would be so we took our shoes and socks off and soaked our feet for a little bit .... AND only a little bit. It was FREEZING but refreshing!!

After that refreshing break, we took another hike to Sun Point. The view was another amazing one. Sun glistening on St. Mary Lake and mountains in the distance. The beauty just surrounded us.



It was time for lunch so we took our packed lunch to the bank of the St. Marys Lake and ate while the water lapped around our feet. Of course, I had to take off my shoes and socks and soak my feet. The water wasn't nearly as cold as the falls. I was actually able to keep my feet in the water for at least 5 minutes without them going numb. What a relaxing lunch.

Still wanting to keep riding, we decided to go on to Many Glacier. We had huckleberry ice cream at the general store that was delicious. Huckleberries are very plentiful here. They have stands that sell huckleberries and cherries all along the roads.

After that respite, what did we see but a HUGE bull moose taking a rest in a wooded area. Lots of people all around but the moose didn't care. He just laid their taking it easy.

Well, it was time to head back to Hungry Horse so we decided to take the Going to the Sun Road (instead of going the long way like we did last night). The construction on the road holds us up at least 30 minutes. They are fixing the boulder walls and getting the road ready to pave.

Finally made it back to the motel. Ate at the Nite Owl Back Room. Declicious baby back ribs and fry bread... glad we had all that hiking to use up some of the calories.

Truck fixed, trailer hitched -- check off list

Well, can't believe it BUT the truck got fixed by the Ford garage yesterday. I picked it up and off we went to Spring Mills to pick up the traner from Nevin Stitzer. As we were getting closer to Spring Mills, the sky got darker and I thought, oh yeah, just one more thing on this wonderful day of mine. It did pour buckets for about 5-10 minutes but then sun came out and Nevin and I were able to hitch the trailer and off we went back to State College.

Picked up Shuffy from airport (yeah, remember, he was gone while all this was happening!!). -- check off list

So, two more things checked off list. Tonight will be packing clothes and getting bikes packed in trailer. We're getting closer to take off!

Shuffy's are on the road again

It's time once again to get on the road -- the Alaskan Highway that is. Yep, we're going to ride the Alaskan Highway on our motorcycles. Harry and Anna Carey will be riding with us. We're going to trailer the bikes to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan beginning June 27.

I've been doing a little research and thought there may be some others out there that might need the information I've found so here are a few links if you're also preparing a trip to Alaska.

1. Some ideas of what to see:
   http://alaska.org/best-of-alaska.jsp
   http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/alaska-motorcycle-road-trip-450549.html



2. What to wear:
   http://www.blogger.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://alaska.org/what-to-wear.jsp
   http://alaska.org/packing-list.jsp

Looks like I'm going to need to layer deep. When we road to Nova Scotia, I had 7 layers on. Wonder how many layers I'll be able to have and still move :-)?

So, if you've been to Alaska and want to relive your trip or maybe you've never been to Alaska but want to follow us on our trip, subscribe to this blog so you'll know when it's been updated. I can't tell you how often I"ll be able to update. That will depend on when we have a connection. But I do promise you that I'll have lots of pictures on Flickr for you.

Leave us a comment if you wish or just follow us as we head north to Alaska. -- peg and bill