END LOCATION: Whitefish, MT
MILES TRAVELED: 346.6
TOTAL MILES TO DATE: 6700
WEATHER SUMMARY: Nice to nasty
On this day, we headed south, starting the long journey toward home. We crossed the border back into the United States with our primary destination being Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. We made our way to the border on Highway 17 and over Chief Mountain. While crossing Chief Mountain, I began to suspect we were encountering one of several challenges we faced with our motorcycle. I'll detail all of this - and the miracle that ensued - in a post dedicated entirely to the mechanical challenges we faced on the 2018 adventure.
Making our way to Going-to-the-Sun Road, we began to experience wind that proved to be a precursor to fog changing to rain. But we pressed on. We knew what was to come... more than 50 miles of an engineering marvel characterized by some of the grandest sights in the Rocky Mountains. The road hugs the mountainside as it traverses steep drop-offs and sharp curves. During the dedication of Going-to-the-Sun Road, Governor Frank H. Cooney stated, "There is no highway which will give the seer, the lover of grandeur of the Creator's handiwork, more thrills, more genuine satisfaction deep in his being, than will a trip over this road." I think this might have been true for us except for the weather. Cold, foggy, then raining... all of this caused us to hurry from the summit of 6.646 to get to the warmth of our hotel room in Whitefish. We came. We conquered. But we had to hurry through this gem of the national park system due to weather. Even so, the vistas were awe-inspiring, and once again pointed us to a profound appreciation for the artistry of the one true God we adore.
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