Sunday, August 10, 2014

Kalispell to Great Falls via the Going to the Sun road, with a stop to see a Grizzly Bear - Part 2

The traffic was heavy, but we never came to a standstill. One reason is that the road is limited to cars, no motor homes or large trailers allowed.

I rode the route west to east. I think next time I will start at eastern entrance. Took Hwy 89 (which is a scenic byway road) towards Great Falls, MT.  The scenery was totally different. Mostly barren of trees, but rolling country with buttes, hidden canyons, and just a lot of space. I forgot how big Montana was.





Not many people on the road, mostly local ranchers. I'm cruising along at at steady 70 mph, when I notice a strange car in my mirror. I can't figure out what it is. It appeared to have a Cadillac grill, but the car was too high off the ground. I slowed down to let it pass. F-me, it was indeed a Cadillac body welded on to a large heavy duty Dually truck frame ( 4 wheels on the rear). To top it off, the bubba had bull horns mounted on his hood. I figured this would be the most bizarre thing I would see. Little did I know what was about to happen. I came to a fork in the road. The road was not shown on my paper map so I opened google maps and saw that it was a twisty road following a river. I turned right and was on my way. It was indeed a twisty road going through pine forest. I come around a blind curve and OMG there is a grizzly bear on the road. Looked like a young adult. He was just finishing up a dump and was crossing the road.  I slowed down as I got near him and he calmly wandered into the woods. I decided not to follow him and try to take his picture :)

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