Monday was van service day and laundry day. The van needed tires which we kind of knew it was time. The tires were still the original factory tires and the van had 38,000 miles on those tires. The battery was down a little but we chose not to replace it. After the van service it was off to Home Depot for a cutting knife then Best Buy for more memory sticks for Diane’s camera and a van wash. I got back to camp at about 2:30 and Diane had finished laundry.
Tuesday we decided to go to Glacier National Park even though the main road through the park was closed due to fires. But the road to Agpar Village, Visitors Center and Campground were open. And that included a nice little walk to Lake McDonald through Agpar Village. It was really smoky. Lake McDonald is 9 miles long and we could only see about 2-3 miles of it.
At this point of our trip with all the fires and smoke we have experienced already we have decided that Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, which includes Glacier National Park, deserve a do-over.
After visiting Agpar we drove out of the park and along its southern and eastern sides to get to Canada and our next campsite in Waterton Lakes National Park hoping there we would be less smoke. Waterton Lakes National Park is probably one of the most beautiful Parks in Canada but wasn’t now because of the smoke from the many fires in Montana, British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies.
Diane had booked us a campsite in the Townsite Campground. It was an easy walk into the small town. We had a couple of beers at the local tavern and a nice dinner, teriyaki stir-fry tofu and vegetables at the chop house. Then it was off to the campsite and sleep.
I agree about doing a “do over” when there’s no smoke.
Smoke is all too familiar here. And the red suns and moons.
I remember being at a place in Montana I felt sure inspired that song “America the Beautiful”–spacious skies, amber waves of grain, and purple mountain majesties.