May 24 – A short trip today of 75 miles heading towards West Glacier where we will be staying for a couple of days starting tomorrow. It was short in distance yet much of the paved road was taken at 25 miles per hour. From Troy we headed east again along Yaak River Road to Yaak, MT where we had visited two days ago. In the greater Yaak area there are several metal sculptures of Big Foot so we took a photo of us. It’s too large to upload now but hopefully soon I’ll get it uploaded. The photo should be titled, “Return to Pottersville.” If you don’t get the reference look up the 2018 movie, Potterville, which was filmed in Hamilton, NY near our home.
After leaving Yaak the paved road, and I use that term loosely, followed the Yaak River eastward and upwards for about 30 miles. Spotted several mule dear including one with a start of this year’s antlers. As we just crossed over the pass at the top we saw our first black bear. A beautifully healthy large bear. It didn’t stick around to model for me but I did manage a few decent shots. I’ll post them when I have the necessary internet access.
After the heights of the small Yaak River Road we got to a larger road and am now camped at a National Forest Campground at the cost of $4.50 with our old fogies National Park Pass. Without the Pass it would be $9.00.
Tomorrow we will head to West Glacier, MT near the west entrance to Glacier National Park. There will be no traveling through Going to the Sun Road and Logan Pass for at least another month due to the heavy snows. That road normally opens up sometime in June, but this year it is looking like the beginning of July. I’ll report more on that later.
Seeing North America 