Glacier’s Going-to-the-Sun road is treacherous in good times. Right now parts are down to one lane and the gawking crowds are huge. Most of us chose to view this route from beautiful rebuilt 1937 touring busses casually called “jammers.” This way I can look at the scenery and not watch the road, and Marcia can look at the scenery without watching me not watching the road. (There are called “jammers” because originally they had manual transmissions and the road requires much shifting.)
The cost (after group discount) was $56 per person (with tip). There is no loop road within the park so the Jammers take you to one end and then back, on the same road. About 6 hours. They used to be included in the caravan kitty fee but were made an option when a prior caravaners had a panic attack on a Jammer. Expensive but worth it.
The inside photo is of the McDonald Lodge lobby near the western terminus of the road. Sorry to say the lodge food was generally “corporate” in the Canadian and American parks.
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