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22 June Glacier National Park Two Medicine Campground

We decided to head back to the eastern side of Glacier NP, but stopped to take in some of the sights & a white water raft ride first.  So we drove up the “Going to the Sun” road as far as we could, since it was closed to through-traffic due to late snow storms.  (It had rained & snowed a lot a few days before we arrived.)

Lake McDonald

Lake McDonald

IMG_6403 IMG_6402 The white water rafting was great fun, but no pictures.  Then we got on the road to the eastern side of the park and Two Medicine lake.  This was a lot less crowded but much more scenic.

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Two Medicine Lake

Running Eagle Falls

Running Eagle Falls. Also called Trick Falls because there’s a second fall on the right lower side of the falls.

21 June Glacier National Park, Fish Creek Campground

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Colorful Montana farmland

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Crossing the northern Montana Plains Crossing the northern Montana Plains

We got to Glacier NP late in the afternoon, having watched the Rocky Mountains loom larger as we crossed the northern Montana plains.  Our first choice of campgrounds was full, but we found space at the nearby Fish Camp (no hookups) which was very charmingly situated among the pines. Camping at  Fish Creek, Glacier Nat'l Park,West side

18-19 June Bismarck ND, Malta MT 20 June

Visit with friends  in Bismarck and get some exhaust system repairs. We had a great visit with Val and Gary and Molly had fun with Sophie and Alice, standard poodles.

"Nellie" being fixed in Bismark

“Nellie” being fixed in Bismarck

image image imageJessie & Val with Sophie, Alice & Molly Val & Gary's, Bismark ND

We drove US-2 across half of North Dakota and a third of Montana to get into Edgewater Inn & RV Park in Malta. The park is next to the Milk River and the railroad, which was quite busy. We live near the rail line in Mountain View so the train sounds don’t bother us. We met a couple bicycling from Maine to Oregon. Wow.

On Saturday the 21st we got on US-2 at 7:30 am to continue our journey to Glacier National Park. We hear they have had a lot of rain and now melt leading to floods. But we are out of “tornado alley.”

There are occasional historic posts along US-2 in Montana.

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