For my last full day in Glacier, I wanted to drive up to Polebridge, a remote area on the west edge of the park, near the U.S. border with Canada. Polebridge is a part of Glacier where the roads are unpaved and nature is pristine. Before heading north, I did a little more campsite recon. This time I drove through the Fish Creek Campground, just a few minutes north from Apgar. It's a large campground with serval loops and many great sites. Fish Creek is different for a cou

I arrived at West Glacier about 5 in the afternoon. The drive between Missoula and Glacier is beautiful, particularly the section along the east shore of Lake Flathead. I passed several state parks on the lake shore and thought it might be nice to camp at one on my next time through. This is my first time to visit Glacier National Park so I wanted to get a campground and start getting familiar with the park. A sign at the park entrance listed campgrounds with open sites a

After two days exploring Yellowstone, it was time to head north out of Wyoming. I'm headed to Glacier National Park in northeast Montana. There's a couple of ways to get there from Yellowstone but the journey is the objective. I've decided to take the longer route through Missoula, home to the University of Montana. I've alway wanted to visit Missoula but had never made it up there. I lived in Boulder, Colorado for 10 years and had always heard Missoula described as a sma