Wednesday, May 19, 2010

"Real" Tourists: Sightseeing the Motorized Way

Wednesday was one of our rest days, planned to occur once every 7-8 days during our trip, at an interesting spot whenever possible. This rest day was at Glacier National Park, a great place to spend time sightseeing. We did it like real tourists, renting a car and driving in and beside the park, and taking a helicopter ride over the park.
Our first day driving in a month. What a great invention: it goes really fast, even up hills.

About to go on the helicopter tour

Left: View of helicopter & scenery (summertime)
Right: Our view from the helicopter

More views from our helicopter:








Here's a spectacular waterfall, seen during our car ride beside the park (click to play video):