It's a drive I had made a few times before and new what to expect... it winds around The Middle Fork of the Flathead River and along the railroad track that I traveled on in 2013 riding Amtrak from St. Paul, Minnesota.
On my first trip though in 2004 I photographed a freight train moving along that stretch of the track.
Railroad Freighter along Highway 2 in 2004
The East Entrance to the park is much smaller and the services are limited there as well but the roads are winding and rough in places as you head north to the lakes area.
On our Amtrak trip through the East Glacier station, we got out and while stretching our legs I recorded this short video.
East Glacier National Park is east of the Continental Divide. All rivers flow to the Gulf of Mexico eventually from this point.
East Glacier is also very different from West Glacier. Not as wooded is the main difference. Very open and more wildflowers on the open slopes. There are more roads beyond highway 49 but they are rough and narrow. Highway 49 eventually connects to highway 89 which is in much better condition than 49.
There are more small streams and creeks as well. There are more than six large lakes that afford a lot of water craft and fishing. Highway 89 will take you north to St. Mary's Visitor Center and the lodge and cabins there.
The vistas are very broad and open as well and I captured some nice photographs all around the area.
While traveling 89 I was pulled over taking photos and another person drove up and we talked for a while and he offered to take a photo of me and I took him up on that offer. This is one of the few photos of me during this solo stretch of the drive east.
The lakes are very reflective of the sky and blue much of the time. I took a short video from an over look on St. Mary Lake looking toward Wild Goose Island. It was so windy that what I was saying on the video didn't get recorded well enough to understand.
The end of the long third finally arrived and I bunked up at the closest hotel near the west park entrance at the Holiday Inn Express in Browning, MT.
It was here that I observed one of the most beautiful sunsets of the entire trip.
On our Amtrak trip through the East Glacier station, we got out and while stretching our legs I recorded this short video.
East Glacier National Park is east of the Continental Divide. All rivers flow to the Gulf of Mexico eventually from this point.
East Glacier is also very different from West Glacier. Not as wooded is the main difference. Very open and more wildflowers on the open slopes. There are more roads beyond highway 49 but they are rough and narrow. Highway 49 eventually connects to highway 89 which is in much better condition than 49.
There are more small streams and creeks as well. There are more than six large lakes that afford a lot of water craft and fishing. Highway 89 will take you north to St. Mary's Visitor Center and the lodge and cabins there.
The vistas are very broad and open as well and I captured some nice photographs all around the area.
While traveling 89 I was pulled over taking photos and another person drove up and we talked for a while and he offered to take a photo of me and I took him up on that offer. This is one of the few photos of me during this solo stretch of the drive east.
The lakes are very reflective of the sky and blue much of the time. I took a short video from an over look on St. Mary Lake looking toward Wild Goose Island. It was so windy that what I was saying on the video didn't get recorded well enough to understand.
The end of the long third finally arrived and I bunked up at the closest hotel near the west park entrance at the Holiday Inn Express in Browning, MT.
It was here that I observed one of the most beautiful sunsets of the entire trip.
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