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Post by NatureNut on Aug 9, 2010 23:40:51 GMT -5
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pporky
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Post by pporky on Aug 10, 2010 2:55:59 GMT -5
That was great Jo thanks for the trip, really nice scenery...Bill
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dbrealityrocks
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Aug 10, 2010 6:42:28 GMT -5
fantastic place, what rockhound wouldn't enjoy the "rocky" mtns
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Post by Bejewelme on Aug 10, 2010 9:20:15 GMT -5
WOW Jo, beautiful pics, I love the blue water! You are going to have lots of beautiful pics to line the RV with from your journey!
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Post by sitnwrap on Aug 10, 2010 10:08:00 GMT -5
Jo, those pictures are breathtaking and very effective. I felt a little vertigo looking over the edge there. lol. I didn't know that the color of the water was due to minerals. I thought is had everything to do with the reflection of the sky or something.
Thanks for bringing us along.
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Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 10, 2010 10:40:55 GMT -5
What gorgeous scenery, and beautiful pictures, Jo! I love the first picture - it looks like Angie is just daydreaming about going after birds in that beautiful blue water!
Tom
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Post by frane on Aug 10, 2010 19:29:41 GMT -5
That is a great trip report Jo! I never knew those mountain goats looked so burly! Love the beautiful water shots too! I agree with Lori though, you can really feel the dizziness looking down off the road! Fran
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Aug 10, 2010 21:33:33 GMT -5
Beautiful is all I can say. Thanks for the wonderful pics. I imagine this is the closest I'll ever get to see it,
snuffy
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Post by drocknut on Aug 10, 2010 22:36:13 GMT -5
Jo, you take amazing pictures. Glad you shared them with us.
The Going to the Sun Road is spectacular and hair raising for sure. I can't imagine taking a dually up there.
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Post by montanamuskrat on Aug 11, 2010 0:17:43 GMT -5
Jo, I told you the drive would be pretty tight with you truck,but so worth it in the end. Glad you made it to the top of Logan Pass. The water is amazing in color, hard to believe its natural. looked like you had wonderful weather for the drive. Glad you liked the Park. Tom and Debby
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highplainsdrifter
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Post by highplainsdrifter on Aug 11, 2010 1:53:21 GMT -5
Fantastic pictures! now that's one place I've gotta see. I like the bighorn sheep and goats.
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Post by texaswoodie on Aug 11, 2010 5:26:33 GMT -5
Awesome trip Jo! That bridge with all the cars looks a little rickity. Curt
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Post by Toad on Aug 11, 2010 8:39:56 GMT -5
WOW! Glacier Park is now on my official must see list.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Aug 11, 2010 9:20:47 GMT -5
That is some really beautiful scenery! Is that much traffic on that road the usual thing? I would imagine that you definitely wouldn't travel that road too fast!
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Post by NatureNut on Aug 11, 2010 12:18:40 GMT -5
Thanks all, I can't take credit for the pics. It's one of those "just point and shoot" places where you can't possibly take a bad pic. Right now there is construction on the road that will go on for several years. Add that to the driving mix and it seriously tests one's coping skills. Many of the improvements are needed because of the increased melting, melt runoff, avalanches, rockslides and erosion. That triple arch reinforcement was a real innovation back during the original construction of the road. Today the Sun Road has more than 475,000 vehicles traveling it during Glacier's peak visitor season from June to October, or about 3,500 vehicles per day. I think most of the traffic is due to peak season (summer) visitors, the construction, and the wildlife sighting jams. Just like in Yellowstone and other parks, when people see wildlife, they just stop the car and run out to take pics. You're lucky if they pull off enough for you to get by. Curt, you're sharp (did I say that?), that triple arch reinforcement has an incorporated design flaw. The westernmost arch, on the far left, was built with its spring line—the imaginary line connecting the bottom of the two ends of the arch—parallel to the road's 6-percent grade, rather than horizontally. This was corrected in the remaining two arches. (alot of this info was pulled from www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/06nov/04.cfm ) We leave here Saturday and we really want to do the drive again, but are not sure our hearts can take it, LOL. Hope all of you come see it and have a smaller car when you do. I think we're gonna go play on the lake shore this afternoon and let Angie chase some of those birds she wants so much. Jo
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 11, 2010 12:55:19 GMT -5
Beautiful photo's,nothing better than Montana for mountains and her beauty...............
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Post by BuiltonRock on Aug 11, 2010 15:16:10 GMT -5
Very cool. Glad to see you on the road. John
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Post by NatureNut on Aug 11, 2010 15:55:39 GMT -5
For your viewing pleasure
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Post by kap on Aug 11, 2010 17:12:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the pictures and I loved the video! My wife would not have been a happy camper . Keith
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Haleysdream
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Post by Haleysdream on Aug 12, 2010 9:22:31 GMT -5
Your photos & video are great , thank you so much for posting them.
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