St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park in the morning, Immigration Canada, and Banff - the gateway to the Canadian Rockies

USA just below the Canadian border in Glacier National Park in a quiet camping trip in the morning to hit 12 days. Fortunately, last night the bear did not come to our tent ... ^ ^

Today is finally driving a car in Canada to enter the day - in the morning light before leaving this wonderful park under that rock down the mountain in the St. Mary's went to the lake again.

The landscape of this wonderful lake movie Tom Hanks in three and a half years to run across the American continent under the recall briefly appeared in the scene with the monologue.

"Like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny. It looks like there were two skies, one on top of the other." We did not go down to the lake saw two Forrest Gump could not see the sky, the St. Mary's (St. Mary) is a morning landscape of the lake remain in my memory seems to be thinking, and now the car border drove.

Glacier National Park in the United States [A] in Canada Banff National Park [B] as shown on the map by Calgary beyond about 5 hours away. Along U.S. Route 89 just a little north of the open grasslands the border, the United States and Canada. (Click here for Google map)

Seems to symbolize the friendship of the two countries both Indian steel plate sculptures were erected near the border, rusty iron plate with the other's flag flagpole took renovate yes it is a little torn not concord.

"(Now you) have to leave the United States ..."

President and customs station on the left side of the building on the border of Canada is seen. Drove the first car to cross the border ... strange excitement and tension

Passport to get to the car pass in the state, "What are you doing here? How could you?" Asks. Is loaded into wanted to know look, the answer was compliant with ramrod posture ^ ^ important question is "Does anyone know whether in Canada?" Which people know whether they'll ask you to look at the present, the lift that you heard from Jim inspection. So, my answer is, "Nobody (Nobody)!" But this time, deep in the trunk of my sister who lives in Vancouver, 12 bottles of soju is brought home to give it was ^ ^

Thus, the land of my family to Canada for the first time, was not wheels. Alberta, Canada (Alberta) welcome signs begin to care, and now the speed of road signs from miles (mile), not in kilometers (km), such as the need to tell a lot of people who cross the border in turn signs be erected. However, nothing of vast grasslands and the changing landscape of the United States or Canada, it was not.

Bikes with us for some time with a trip to the continent, especially in the United States ... grandfather in the 'tricycle motorcycle' was a masterpiece ^ ^

Calgary oil and put in the city and after a while mess again Canada Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway 1) to take such a wonderful toll west (?) Is out. However, not a highway toll National Park is where to get admission.

From here, Canada's first national park, Banff has started to inform a national park. In Canada, the Rocky Mountains, passing east-west crossing of the roads in most parts, which is designated as a national park, the car has just passed the entrance to the National Park to have to of course. But, like the tourists we are one day per car to $ 19.6 in the national park fee multiplied by the number of days to buy a ticket out.

Most of the national parks in the United States $ 20 a week, and annual passes are $ 80, but Canada is not one day a week, and annual passes are $ 19.6 1 $ 136.4 and one is about 7 times. This date is calculated under the plan is the National Park of Canada really did not like. Tickets are attached to the windshield should a chapter, Lake Louise Icefields Parkway entrance and parking Tickets are available the day of the beginning of the park staff checked whether. (Elsewhere also let us know if there is a wind inspection)

Who pay admission to the top of the back of the brochure which National Park, Canadian Rockies booklet shown here a description of the seven National Parks are all fit. East of the Rocky Mountains in Jasper, Banff, Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta and the rest of Yoho, Kootenay, Glacier, Mount Revelstoke belongs to the National Park, British Columbia.

Moving on admission yet figured out a nice little rocky start to appear in front of the mountains. Here, turn right before entering town of Banff, the Indian word for "lake of the soul (Water of the Spirits) 'means the Minnewanka Lake is thought to be more wonderful lakes forward pass because I know that many see-

Canadian Rockies and the gateway to Banff National Park, the largest city in (Banff) had finally arrived.

Our U.S. / Canada trip across the West on the 30th was the most expensive accommodation in Banff Park Lodge to unpack went to tour the city.

"Ride towards the sun!" America's best mountain driving course, Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park

Car ran over 9,000 km, 30-day U.S. / Western Canada's most unforgettable camping trip drive then plug in the course Introduction to the Canadian border down now Montana (Montana) in the state of Glacier (Glacier) National Park Going is-to-the-Sun Road.

Glacier National Park in the east-west road that connects the village to the west of West Glacier to Lake McDonald to pass from beyond the Rocky Mountains, east of the St. 85km road ends at the town of Mary, which have been opened for the first time in 1932, the road itself is a National Historic Site (National Historic Landmark) and Civil Engineering (Civil Engineering) is referred to as a historic monument. (Glacier National Park Click here to see the map and check position by Google map click here)

Logan Pass of 2,025 m above sea level (Logan Pass) down the road past the west was indeed the way the cliffs made. 20m snowfall this winter because of the pass, the road from mid-June to mid-October, about four months, it's possible to pass.

The end of June, even though the eyes of a sunny place and did not melt, so no fibers across the mountains pouring down like a waterfall creates.

The highlight of the Weeping Wall in right here, tens of meters along the road that leads to the waterfall, we have to run him down.

Necks facing car 'Red Jammer' Glacier National Park, called it a historic tour bus. Of course, that car is the latest natural gas-fueled vehicle, but it looks the same as 1930's tour bus will be designed specifically to one.

Currently, the Going-to-the-Sun Road maintenance work is in progress, which is a long time, blocking the passage of so so so line is a lot of waiting time. But this landscape to see the car waiting for the videos, I felt a short time ... ^ ^

Haystack Creek falling from the sky (Haystack Creek) of the waterfall -

Where to mow the cliff where the tunnel is created, what was the criteria?

Slopes down to the road in danger when it was made, McDonald Creek in the woods along the road is quite modest lead.

961m above sea level at the bottom of the long bridge over Lake McDonald looks at the entrance to pull the rest. Go down a little bit more along the lake, where hostel and restaurant (McDonald's is not ^ ^) This resort is coming up in a moment, looking around in, we've been down that road and struck a tent placed over again St. Mary was starting up.

From west to east the road, while the 180-degree turn, starting with a cliff hanging length "The Loop" to pass, so the passenger out of the car unfolds breathtaking unimaginable! Professional reflection in the rear view mirror that pose ^ ^

Google Earth is a three-dimensional look at the highlights section, The Loop, about 12km from the Logan Pass Area how steep mountain slopes can feel what made. (Click here to apply directly to Google Earth can see)

Against the backdrop of the rugged rocky mountain pose these tough ^ ^

This rapids flowing water to create a place down the road, making the road set up so that the water is not flowing.

The landscape contains camera now ...

That put us down ... Maybe the Creator is the McDonald Creek valley, round pieces with a knife dug it seems ... ^ ^

Rocky mountains visible in front of the American continent from east to west dividing ridge of the Rocky Mountains but, 'Garden Wall' part is called. This top of the drive and Have not had to do that, I saw the photo again with the way I can not believe it ...

Bikes coming past the Weeping Wall ... convertible and a motorcycle to avoid the falling water has passed over the center line. Falls, as shown in the photo is covered up in the trees and grasses show up at all, because the streams, cliffs yourself as emanating from the water, the wall itself is really 'crying (weeping)' where it was felt.

This one is a yellow rectangle Cadillac had come up to the high place.

The road was made in 1932, called the most beautiful structures in the Triple Arches - What do you think of going through the many cars may seem natural to look there are undermined, but you have to make a road rob make it so nice not seem too bad . Triple Arches in the past that we look around the corner to return to at the end of ...

Logan Pass 2,670 m above the sea level rises in the snow-capped Rocky Mountains Clements is manifest themselves.

It's been all work zones is wondering why I want another car, right next to the road because of the goat. Remaining snow remaining on the left side of the road to the axis of the neck, even as we get your car right in front of jaywalking and one reported being liked ^ ^ goats, went a little further we got off the car standing there are a lot of people turned out to walk along ...

Goats were shown all the family. Shedding big guys going over it, I look back in the little goats are really cute.

From here on, but came back after two hours. The boundaries of the Continental Divide and continue west down over now.

Initially, the high mountains to the east and the west, beyond the sun rise and because of that connection, the name of the road 'Going-to-the-Sun' as-built thought, looking back on the show I saw in front of 2,939 m above sea level, Going-to- the-Sun Mountain was named after. White explorers in the late 1800s, Indians in the region "over the hill tail feathers (Tail-Feathers-Coming-Over-the-Hill) 'with it while hunting in the mountains to see rising towards the' run toward the sun (Going-to-the-Sun) mountain 'and built a name called.

Continue south to the west of the Rocky Mountains, leading to Jackson Glacier flowing look away look.

Now, almost all came down to the rugged region. However, the front view is shown in red rock mountains Why?

He pulls on the Sun Point, west of St. See the views of Mary Lake. afternoon clouds, but the truth of the lake backlit was not feeling well. "Maybe I'll come back tomorrow morning ..."

Well to the east of the sky and the mountains, the lake's color-obvious story, but also photos of the 'light in the fight' is.

Hurry St. Return to the visitor center at the park entrance to Mary's why wisdom Junior Ranger (Junior Ranger) was due. A young woman with a ranger, and then to review the brochure carefully, holding up his right hand to be a Junior Ranger oath.

Whether the high latitude dessert dinner eating marshmallows melted on the wood fire that did not dim at all. This 11 day trip to spend the night in a tent, the next morning St. Stopped by Lake Mary went over to Canada.