20th July 2016 - Glacier National Park MT - Kms to date: 6067

Kms today: 254

After breakfast at the Whistle Stop cafe across the road from our luxurious accommodation we rode to West Glacier village where we walked to Avalanche Lake which was about 10kms and relatively flat. We were tuning up for our Yellowstone hiking tour starting 25th July!!! The weather was outstanding, a complete contrast to the past few days in Canada. The sky was clear and temps around 22C. The scenery around Avalanche Lake was spectacular as the lake is in a valley between high mountain ridges. There were many waterfalls cascading all the way down to the lake.

Colin on the beach at the beginning of Avalanche Lake.

A view of the lake from the eastern end.

Alan displaying the extra weight he has gathered on the trip!

Waterfalls cascading into Avalanche Lake.

After completing our walk/hike we headed for the "Going into the sun road" which wends its way along the edge of mountain ridges to Logan Pass where we intended to take another short hike up to the pass.

A view from the Going to the Sun road.

This road should be on every motorcyclists bucket list. It is awe inspiring with its beauty. The traffic moved quite slowly as there were many turnouts in which to stop and admire the view. We planned to have lunch at the visitor centre at Logan Pass arriving about 3pm with tummies rumbling. Colin managed to clip a bollard getting into the motorcycle parking and fell off his bike. A bunch of Harley riders looked on in amusement and asked if they could help??? After picking his bike up we headed to the visitor centre to find that they didn't serve any food not even a chocolate bar!!! We were told the nearest food was in Rising Sun about 16kms away so back to the bikes we went. Unfortunately Colin's bike wouldn't start. When he dropped the bike the engine was still running so the tilt switch turned the motor off. Unfortunately it hadn't reset itself so it wouldn't start. We didn't have the manual with us and there was no phone reception at Logan Pass so I had to dink Colin on the back of my bike to Rising Sun were there was food and hopefully internet access. When we got there we immediately had lunch/dinner and were trying to access the hotel's Wifi but it was only for guests. Luckily our waitress took pity on us and gave us the staff password for the Wifi. It must have been Colin flashing those baby greys!!!! Over the food we were frantically googling Honda motorcycle rider forums to see if anyone had any ideas on how to get the 'tilt' switch to reset. There were a number of ideas found so armed with them we headed back to Logan Pass to try them out. The first couple didn't work so Colin found the tilt switch behind the headlight and gave it a good shake and I hit the starter button and the old girl fired up much to Colin's delight as he didn't fancy staying on a park bench at Logan Pass all night (I was heading back to my warm bed). With both engines purring away contentedly we headed back East Glacier Village for a couple of beers and a game of cards. All was right with the world.