Arriving in Glacier and the Highline Trail

Taking the train out to Glacier was quite fun. We popped for a "roomette", which was basically the size of two bunk beds. The lower bunk slides apart into two seats facing each other, while the upper bunk folds up and out of the way during the day. It was much smaller in person than it seemed on the Amtrak website, but it worked just fine, and even though we didn't sleep soundly, we were a whole lot more comfortable than the people we saw trying to find a way to sleep sitting up in the coach chairs. We also got 3 good meals and a free wine tasting as part of the deal. We had a great time talking to people, either in the club car or at the meals. And although we left Minneapolis an hour late, we arrived in East Glacier on time.

We drove up to St. Mary (40 miles, about one hour) the Friday night. Today (Saturday) we took the park shuttle along the Going to the Sun Road and hiked the Highline Trail. It was about 11.6 miles. In theory it was a moderate hike, without a lot of elevation change. We saw big horn sheep, deer, marmots and pikas. The park is beautiful, and we'll have good weather for at least a couple more days.