Continental Divide - Darrell does 7 passes in 1 day

[Grumpy Goat]

Posting on behalf of Darrell (as a test). All photos and narrative are his. All photos resized to 1024x768 and quality reduced by 20%, so file sizes are each 224kB or less.


Logan Pass - The Attempt Has Begun - Pass 1 of an Estimated 66 Crossings

After 1200 miles I was finally able to start my attempt to ride all the paved road passes that cross the Continental Divide from the Canadian to the Mexico border. I was able to ride the Going to the Sun road with Logan Pass in the morning before it got too busy. Glacier Nat’l Park is beautiful on a nice day. Temps this morning in the low 50’s and it warmed up to the high 60’s later in the day. Perfect temps for me.

If I wanted to be a real tourist I’d stop my motorcycle in the middle of the highway. Get my camera out and point at some mountain and holler I saw a mountain goat on the ridge nearly a mile away. And 20 other cars would stop and get out with their cameras and start taking pictures. Crazy what people do with no regard for others traveling.

While at the visitors center on Logan Pass a young boy told his father he had not seen a bear yet. His father replied, “I told you son we should have gone to the zoo as there are not many bears out here.”