We got up early today to beat the rain and get to Glacier National Park before the curfew of 11am of not biking in the park. I guess they enforce this rule as there is so much traffic in the park and no shoulder for biking so it is hard for vehicles to pass.Needless to say, I was kind of tired and didn’t wake up til 6:15 and had to rush to get out but we left around 7 ish with very cloudy skies, but it was a nice ride north with the Rocky Mts with low hanging clouds to our right. They were still majestic. The rain caught us about 10 miles from the park but we were prepared with rain jackets so we were ok. We got to the part of the park that has the curfew and it was 10:50 but we figured we would enter anyway as as there was some confusion amongst some of the rangers if there was a curfew . It was drizzling and only had 8 miles to ride and it was slightly downhill and we averaged 19/20 so we made it to our motel by 11:30 without any incident. Whew! I guess they could confiscate your bike if caught.
The McDonald lodge hotel is on the lake and we took a walking tour of the lake led by a park ranger. The lake is pretty long and surrounded by hills and mts. Tomorrow we have off and hope to explore the area.