Took a Red Bus Tour into the Park. They picked us up at the campground at about 9:00 AM. We motored in a refurbished (by Ford) 1936 White Motors touring bus. Ford refurbished them free for the Park Service.
We motored along the right side of McDonald Lake to the Lodge, built in the early 1900's and then moved on to Trail of the Cedars Nature Trail. It was about .8 mile and wound through a 500 year old forest of Red Cedars and Black Cottonwoods.
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| Giant Red Cedar |
It was so peaceful the feeling was almost spiritual. The creek which flowed through it was also very picturesque and had a number of small trout in the pools.
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| Mother Nature's Sulpture |
Later we stopped at the southern end of the Lake for a photo opp.
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| View from South end of Lake McDonald |
We didn't realize that the remainder of the western side of the Park was closed for annual road repairs. The road closes due to weather by the end of October, so they only have from mid Sept. to then to complete all construction & repairs.
We returned to the campsite early, caught up on some laundry and other chores and finished the day with our 3rd campfire of the trip.
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| Warming our tootsies! |
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