>North to Alaska – 8
>
>June 27, 2007
>
>Today there were 4 of us. The more people the more problems and the 
>more flexible we all need to be. We had breakfast a little after 7:00 
>in the motel. We all decided we needed to do some shopping and Tom 
>needed to get to a UPS to send some stuff home. So,  two groups of two 
>took off in different directions to do different things. Since we were 
>planning to end the day with a ride on the Going To The Sun Highway 
>through Glacier National Park we decided we would probably all meet there a little later.
>Jim and I rode the entire day alone. The weather was great, a few 
>cumulus clouds and comfortable, maybe a little warm temperatures. It 
>was all back roads and the scenery made the ride easy. Snow topped 
>peaks, rolling hills, hidden lakes, picturesque farms and camps, neat 
>towns and everywhere we stopped the people were great! Today we had a 
>ride of 270 miles planned. It was to be an easy day with plenty of time to see Glacier.
>
>We stopped for lunch just short of the park and as we were leaving Tom 
>and Al pulled into the restaurant. We made our way to the park entrance 
>where we saw a sign that said Logan Pass was closed. Apparently there 
>was a road washed out and repairs would be completed this Sunday. We 
>could ride 29 miles in and 29 miles out for $25. We decided we didn’t 
>need to see Glacier that bad. We spent the whole day riding up to the 
>west side entrance now we needed to go to the east entrance. We were 
>going to ride 45 miles through the park. The ride around was 100 
>miles…oh well. The roads were good, the traffic was light and we made good time. It was another good day!
>
>We are planning an early start tomorrow because we have a long day planned. 
>We will need to fill up before we get to Canada tomorrow morning. The 
>gas here is 3.49 per gallon, almost as much as the $3.70 we paid near 
>the entrance to Yellowstone. I would guess that gas will be more 
>expensive in Canada….we’ll see.