What a day to have as the actual first day of the Continental Divide Expedition, it was all real now! Border crossing, Glaciers, dirt roads, and hiking to hidden lakes.
After a quick break of camp at Dorr Road we stopped at the beach to see what why we should return, Canada is calling me back!
Then a dash to the border and some fun talking with US Customs, especially when they ask about the poop can before opening it for inspection, lucky for them it was still virgin. Mike was ask a few extra questions based soley on his association with me. You can see him still chatting in this picture.
As we finally hit dirt we were struck by indications of recent fire damage to the area. Things looked to be growing back nicely.
And just in time for lunch we made it to Polebridge. As a pastry lover I had been looking forward to this middle-of-nowhere place after reading all the trip reports. It well lives up to the hype, excellent everything!
They even keep a little bit of emergecy gas around.
And we found the Disabled Explorers Dog, but we had no room in the vehicles to adopt him. However he seemed to be doing well there Adapting & Overcoming.
Before to long we were in Glacier and saw plenty of snow and road construction.
And even with all the tourist it is still worth seeing as an overlander. Crowded parking lots & all.
