Today was another rest day for us so we enjoyed a good lie in and I tried my hand at something more ambitious than the usual porridge with raisins: pancakes with bacon and maple syrup cooked on the gas stove. It worked out better than you'd expect although the gargantuan portion defeated Jake and Owen!
We resupplied, went to the library to do some admin on their computers before setting off to West Glacier. While at the library I decided to try making a Warm Showers profile. It is a website dedicated to cycle tourers where people can offer bed/ floor/ camping spaces to passing tourers. I sent a few enquiries to a couple of people in West Glacier in the hopes of a response.
On we went and halfway to Glacier I checked and we had a reply and a place to stay for the night! We carried on through some stunning scenery, with towering peaks around, and a river valley below. In West Glacier the buildings took on a more alpine feel. It also started raining again.
We found our hosts house, on a residential community for people working for the national park. Her name is Jamie and she works in Glacier as a Park Ranger, doing talks and guiding groups in the park. We got chatting with her and Siobhan her housemate about the local area, their work and the state of Montana, as well as her very interesting and entertaining recounting of her various travels.
She treated us to a cup of tea and a curry dinner, the best way to make us Brits happy! We then ventured out as the rain subsided to eat desert by the lake. This was stunning, with the larger mountains towering up on the other side of the lake, wreathed in cloud and looming over the surrounding area. On the other side a wildfire is being battled by over 600 local firefighters.
The evening passed quickly as we spoke and enjoyed pumpkin pie with ice cream. We rode back through the forest in the dark. Tomorrow we are set for an early start. The larger pass through the mountains, Logan Pass, is closed currently due to the fire, so it looks as though we will have to take a more Southern route. We only hope the views will still be good.
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